From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 16 21:12:52 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1AC1A579; Sat, 16 Nov 2013 21:12:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-x22e.google.com (mail-ob0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CF3DC2597; Sat, 16 Nov 2013 21:12:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f174.google.com with SMTP id uy5so5387838obc.19 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2013 13:12:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=xhTIA62R3hLndO0lY208Ae8i44ca8TXUvE0m6/C02O8=; b=DTHby9xIqBtIddIrgkZpzidmRTUABls6sK1q6ngxgttPI9zUVNNFu0fg0RX5E41OiT CAlx3RKFAIMCvsDhKzK3wddb3GTct/iqU21dEFjVhYxw+SAWqd7oxsNJ90B1Yy8KHko3 8x2G6Cdx6t7zrvCfOZYtCSYm8mrdYQMol2dJd/1d/j9swB2T+FyR3qVPqZnLUx7lB5m1 ixs/2umKkD3Ph5wTNol5SctOdkVNPqV8M+BCZMLYmusuCnk7pH43Zij6Rh8LVgPZXlha nHAx7SIKAnEvTlXaplEHRKMD//XbN1Nap0ESy5A61dhtbC74qRTBrOjnRJU6QfMCKTjS Icxw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.237.75 with SMTP id va11mr13142518obc.5.1384636370521; Sat, 16 Nov 2013 13:12:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.8.193 with HTTP; Sat, 16 Nov 2013 13:12:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5287D632.4010802@allanjude.com> References: <5286F670.2050305@jrv.org> <5287071B.3020209@petermann-it.de> <528786C9.9070409@allanjude.com> <5287BB44.4020104@jrv.org> <5287D632.4010802@allanjude.com> Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 13:12:50 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Slow boot with 256GB of RAM? From: Zach Crum To: Allan Jude Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.16 Cc: FreeBSD Docs , freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 21:12:52 -0000 the e-mail refers to test (singular) hw.memtest.test= the attachment refers to tests (plural) hw.memtest.tests This setting is not listed in /boot/defaults/loader.conf. Is it supposed to be singular or plural? Kind Regards, Zach On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Allan Jude wrote: > On 2013-11-16 13:36, James R. Van Artsdalen wrote: > > On 11/16/2013 8:52 AM, Allan Jude wrote: > >> I see this was in the release notes for 9.0 and 8.3, but other than > >> that, I don't see how anyone was supposed to find out about this. > >> Maybe it would make sense to print 'Starting memory test, set > >> hw.memtest.test=0 to disable' before that starts, so anyone stuck > >> waiting will have a hint about what to do. > > A patch for the FAQ to add an entry about the hw.memtest.test=0 to speed > up boot on machines with a lot of ram > > > -- > Allan Jude > > -- *Z*ach *C*rum 425.610.9571