Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 15:53:27 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tell the user we're booting Message-ID: <EF63E60A-CF60-433C-9D91-D25C2B7E2645@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <DFD7A734-6876-4232-AA9E-521B1041C3D9@fisglobal.com> References: <DFD7A734-6876-4232-AA9E-521B1041C3D9@fisglobal.com>
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On Oct 7, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Devin Teske wrote: > 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 = the beastie menu). >=20 > The reason for proposing this tiny change is that as of 9.0-R I've = noticed a significant lag between executing "boot" and getting something = on-screen to show that something is happening. This is probably the memory test (set "hw.memtest.tests" to "0" = in loader.conf and see if that speeds things up). Regardless, I think = it'd be a good thing to have. Thanks! -Garrett PS Got patch?=
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