From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 8 00:31:02 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 631EB106566B; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 00:31:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24E878FC0A; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 00:31:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.fisglobal.com ([10.132.206.15]) by ltcfislmsgpa05.fnfis.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q980V1p3014013 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Sun, 7 Oct 2012 19:31:01 -0500 Received: from [10.0.0.103] (10.14.152.61) by smtp.fisglobal.com (10.132.206.15) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.2.309.2; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 19:30:59 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" From: Devin Teske In-Reply-To: <6DBE2255-40A3-452B-A503-04AF6A3FBE42@fisglobal.com> Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 17:30:58 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: References: <6DBE2255-40A3-452B-A503-04AF6A3FBE42@fisglobal.com> To: Garrett Cooper X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) X-Originating-IP: [10.14.152.61] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.7.7855, 1.0.431, 0.0.0000 definitions=2012-10-07_05:2012-10-06, 2012-10-07, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 Cc: Adrian Chadd , Devin Teske , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tell the user we're booting X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Devin Teske List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:31:02 -0000 On Oct 7, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Devin Teske wrote: >=20 > On Oct 7, 2012, at 3:53 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote: >=20 >> On Oct 7, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Devin Teske wrote: >>=20 >>> Hi, >>>=20 >>> I'd like to propose a small (tiny even) patch to sys/boot/forth/loader.= 4th >>>=20 >>> Said patch will echo "Booting=85" before invoking the kernel. >>>=20 >>> This patch would effect every architecture (even those that don't use t= he beastie menu). >>>=20 >>> The reason for proposing this tiny change is that as of 9.0-R I've noti= ced a significant lag between executing "boot" and getting something on-scr= een to show that something is happening. >>=20 >> This is probably the memory test (set "hw.memtest.tests" to "0" in load= er.conf and see if that speeds things up). woah-nelly! I don't think I can count "one" before I see stuff show up on-s= creen. That's surely-it. >> Regardless, I think it'd be a good thing to have. Excellent, I'll move forward with the tiny patch. Thanks. Glad to improve t= he responsiveness (even if-only perceived). --=20 Devin P.S. You'll notice in the patch a ``strange'' ANSI color (37;44) when loade= r_color=3DYES, that's white-text on blue-background. That's a color that we= 've been using for nearly a decade and it seems to work quite well. I think= I read somewhere that blue is very soothing and calming (and that Disney k= nows this very well -- and is why they use a specific percentage of blue in= their movie previews). But hey, =85 we *could* change it (/me runs to comm= it ^_^) >> Thanks! >> -Garrett >>=20 >> PS Got patch? >=20 > Here's patch: >=20 > _____________ > The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confident= ial. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message = and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any = manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be awa= re that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and rev= iew by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you. > _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.