From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Mon Mar 7 22:23:55 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98CEFAC7A0A; Mon, 7 Mar 2016 22:23:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Received: from thebighonker.lerctr.org (thebighonker.lerctr.org [IPv6:2001:470:1f0f:3ad:223:7dff:fe9e:6e8a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "thebighonker.lerctr.org", Issuer "COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 786B82B2; Mon, 7 Mar 2016 22:23:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lerctr.org; s=lerami; h=Message-ID:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version; bh=TINhjh2qBuDIkPIok29a2vjx9VFkkK0dZZz3P1dmHNc=; b=FCFmt9qaopQHemtgUbx9/qPLk0 MkxJ4rebQO+UoKNPAPM4TCkOz0VrwLhddRp6nLzmMpH8ChEKcmaXWMsIhCrkusZdhgLdAwsWgz/v3 +DQmfHxiBn4sng+xrLC8BGvTyGs3IPvr8xGye4u9N8hXOnrMV7jIm4W1vR0f3j2TpcEs=; Received: from thebighonker.lerctr.org ([2001:470:1f0f:3ad:223:7dff:fe9e:6e8a]:18847 helo=webmail.lerctr.org) by thebighonker.lerctr.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.86_2 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1ad3ZB-00066P-K2; Mon, 07 Mar 2016 16:23:53 -0600 Received: from proxy.lucent.com ([135.245.49.13]) by webmail.lerctr.org with HTTP (HTTP/1.1 POST); Mon, 07 Mar 2016 16:23:53 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2016 16:23:53 -0600 From: Larry Rosenman To: Will Green Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Skylake Loader Performance 10.3-BETA3 In-Reply-To: <832b3346ebcbf0eef4045061ca53e1f7@sundivenetworks.com> References: <36DF1C06-91F5-41A6-AEF7-173453083FC9@sundivenetworks.com> <56DDB93F.8050705@multiplay.co.uk> <832b3346ebcbf0eef4045061ca53e1f7@sundivenetworks.com> Message-ID: <23847a6551ba01c1edc11200cdf75977@thebighonker.lerctr.org> X-Sender: ler@lerctr.org User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.1.4 X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) X-LERCTR-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) X-Spam-Report: SpamScore (-1.0/5.0) ALL_TRUSTED=-1,SHORTCIRCUIT=-0.0001 X-LERCTR-Spam-Report: SpamScore (-1.0/5.0) ALL_TRUSTED=-1, SHORTCIRCUIT=-0.0001 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2016 22:23:55 -0000 On 2016-03-07 16:21, Will Green wrote: > On 2016-03-07 17:24, Steven Hartland wrote: >> On 07/03/2016 16:43, Will Green wrote: >>>> On 4 Mar 2016, at 18:49, Mark Dixon wrote: >>>> >>>> Will Green sundivenetworks.com> writes: >>>> >>>>> I am happy to test patches and/or current on this server if that >>>>> helps. If >>>> you want more details on the >>>>> motherboard/system I have started a post on it at >>>> http://buildwithbsd.org/hw/skylake_xeon_server.html >>>> I've made the UEFI switch which worked fine, but I'm also happy to >>>> help out >>>> with testing if anyone looks at this. >>> Are you booting from ZFS? >>> Unless I’ve missed something this isn’t yet supported by the >>> installer, but it is possible to get working manually. >>> >>> >> Pretty sure you missed something and those changes where merged, imp >> should be able to confirm. > > You're right: that was an error on my part. I've now got ZFS boot > working with UEFI. :) > > I booted the Skylake motherboard with > FreeBSD-10.3-RC1-amd64-uefi-memstick.img and it successfully installed > to ZFS *and* loaded at normal speed. Looks like UEFI is the way to go > on Skylake systems. All tests have gone well so far. > > Thanks I noted the same. Legacy on my Skylake laptop was slow as molasses. UEFI Rocks. -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 214-642-9640 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 7011 W Parmer Ln, Apt 1115, Austin, TX 78729-6961