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Re: last boost:
The raspi boots faster if you overclock the GPU, because the GPU is used TO LOAD THE KERNEL?!
@foone The GPU searches for the SD card, loads and parses the config.txt file, sets many of the required options, parses device tree overlays, etc. etc.
It also does the memory controller initialization and refresh logic.
And yes, it loads kernel and initramfs into memory and then resets/enables the main ARM CPU.
A classic Broadcom move 
(with the GPU core being a highly proprietary VideoCore IV architecture)
@foone@digipres.club@manawyrm I mean it makes some sense, it's just... Mindboggling.
It feels like how on the PC you need to turn on half your ram through the keyboard controller
@4censord @foone https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A20_line
Yes, really. The 80s were wild!
