Not all systems support eMMC, but where possible, use eMMC to optimize your boot time. In your buildfile, ensure that you include a script section to start the appropriate driver for your target hardware. For example:
... [+script] .script = { display_msg Starting eMMC as system disk /dev/sysdisk0 ... # START eMMC devb-sdmmc-omap_generic sdio lk=192000000,addr=0x480B4000,irq=118,hc=omap,bs=emmc:bw=8 blk cache=2M disk name=emmc } ...
For more information on how to copy the IFS to the eMMC, see the BSP User's Guide for your platform.