Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 10:08:12 -0400 From: Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org> To: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Freebsd And the sun x4440 Message-ID: <BANLkTinWk=STB7OdMnvtmLeYvSWcHtpyJA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4DD20EA9.5060300@freebsd.org> References: <83D72FE6-15E8-4113-9811-05299D9C2402@longcount.org> <4DD20EA9.5060300@freebsd.org>
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On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 1:59 AM, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> wrote= : > On 5/16/12 5:42 PM, Mark Saad wrote: >> >> All >> =C2=A0I am setting up 3 sun x4440 with freebsd 7.3 amd64 . The severs ha= ve 4x >> 4-core opterons and 128G of ram each . Once the servers boot they are a = good >> fit for what we are doing and preform well . The odd thing I am seeing i= s a >> long delay in boot up . Once in the initial loading of the kernel at the= "|" >> for 1-2 mins . Then again shortly after printing the kernel banner "free= bsd >> 7.3-release etc etc etc" . =C2=A0This delay is about 1-2 mins as well. = =C2=A0So my >> question does any one know what I could do to speed up the boot up ? I >> suspect the first delay is due to a serial =C2=A0device probe the second= is a >> mystery . also the bios load up time is about 5 mins on this box does an= yone >> have any ideas on speeding that up ? > > I'd suspect that all three are some sort of memory probe or test. > you might also check they are not trying to do a PXE boot first. > > PXE Booting did not make any change in the boot up time. I feel that that what bz@ noted in http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2011-March/011198.html is what I am seeing . This along with some serial port weirdness. One the one hand I wish sun would release an updated bios for this server that shows some progress meter on boot up. You literally stare at the same data on the screen for little over 5 mins , its a bit maddening . That combined with the memory check freebsd is doing can make you easily think there is an issue with the hardware . --=20 mark saad | nonesuch@longcount.org
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