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Date:      Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:06:39 +0100
From:      Lexi Winter <ivy@freebsd.org>
To:        Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org, ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: ba94d7574972 - main - stand/common/load_elf: Do kernel module relocations for PPC
Message-ID:  <afF1v87bA-Bq47iq@amaryllis.le-fay.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmokdH0Fx86CsiV-ViraRuqqJuj-k8oZtuJ0S_vvc7NF3NQ@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <69e37435.3b47e.5048e12@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <CAJ-VmokRSEkWL9rdXS5iNWOes_nvCyWymdwbipasFiF03_z4nA@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-VmonmAUxXADzokmGv_GNB-TRMTcojKu2ijfhm66m_VOc-OA@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-VmokdH0Fx86CsiV-ViraRuqqJuj-k8oZtuJ0S_vvc7NF3NQ@mail.gmail.com>

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Adrian Chadd wrote in <CAJ-VmokdH0Fx86CsiV-ViraRuqqJuj-k8oZtuJ0S_vvc7NF3NQ@mail.gmail.com>:
> Nope, the problem is mine - it's actually not hanging, it's now just
> doing a /lot/ of work to relocate things before the system boots, so a
> fully virtualised ppc64 CPU takes ~ 40 seconds to run through the
> relocation list.

sorry.  unfortunately, i don't think we can revert this since without it
you can't load any kernel modules, which is also quite a serious bug.

however, i will hold off on MFCing this for now (meaning it won't go
into 15.1), and we can see if there's a way to improve performance.

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