From owner-svn-src-all@freebsd.org Mon Mar 28 12:44:30 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@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 8DFD7AE00FE; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:44:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dim@FreeBSD.org) Received: from tensor.andric.com (tensor.andric.com [IPv6:2001:7b8:3a7:1:2d0:b7ff:fea0:8c26]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "tensor.andric.com", Issuer "COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 540B61BE0; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:44:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dim@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [IPv6:2001:7b8:3a7::ad9c:32e8:3e6c:1da3] (unknown [IPv6:2001:7b8:3a7:0:ad9c:32e8:3e6c:1da3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tensor.andric.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D3199253AA; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:44:26 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: svn commit: r297334 - head/sys/dev/vt/hw/vga Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_4A4E1015-3ECE-4706-86E0-E5719DED4FDB"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail 2.6b2 (ebbf3ef) From: Dimitry Andric In-Reply-To: <201603280736.u2S7as7a069198@repo.freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:44:19 +0200 Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Message-Id: <4DFDE838-6C66-4C61-A7D8-A8A78BBFD9A7@FreeBSD.org> References: <201603280736.u2S7as7a069198@repo.freebsd.org> To: Sepherosa Ziehau X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:44:30 -0000 --Apple-Mail=_4A4E1015-3ECE-4706-86E0-E5719DED4FDB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On 28 Mar 2016, at 09:36, Sepherosa Ziehau wrote: > > Author: sephe > Date: Mon Mar 28 07:36:54 2016 > New Revision: 297334 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/297334 > > Log: > vt: Use textmode when we're running on hypervisors > > The graphic mode is noticeably slow on hypervisors, especially > on Hyper-V (1 second to each line). > > Submitted by: Dexuan Cui > Reviewed by: kib, sephe, royger (early loader version) > MFC after: 1 week > Sponsored by: Microsoft OSTC > Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D5739 Ah yes, this is very nice, thanks. The graphical console was also *extremely* slow on VMware guests. It could take 15 minutes to reach the login prompt! That said, it would be still be interesting to see if it is possible to speed up the graphical console somehow. The Linux kernel can also use a graphical console, but it isn't nearly as slow as that of FreeBSD... -Dimitry --Apple-Mail=_4A4E1015-3ECE-4706-86E0-E5719DED4FDB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.29 iEYEARECAAYFAlb5JykACgkQsF6jCi4glqM9nwCgjuW971jlGR+Q++GNxvRRey17 0ecAn2JLn5V8BZBMTCm7EBajV8igLIAF =JcsO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_4A4E1015-3ECE-4706-86E0-E5719DED4FDB--