From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 17 02:31:31 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25EAA106566C for ; Tue, 17 May 2011 02:31:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from seanbru@yahoo-inc.com) Received: from mrout2.yahoo.com (mrout2.yahoo.com [216.145.54.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EC4A8FC0C for ; Tue, 17 May 2011 02:31:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (proxy8.corp.yahoo.com [216.145.48.13]) by mrout2.yahoo.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/y.out) with ESMTP id p4H2L5Su065211; Mon, 16 May 2011 19:21:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=yahoo-inc.com; s=cobra; t=1305598865; bh=m0Wc5qMYmUFIPRd2VYJ+/wUajW273V0ONeWKwvdzRzA=; h=Subject:From:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Date: Message-ID:Mime-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=cquyJ8XJAskCL+YQV487pnXi94lTvWDFJDHOR12UgqekiOUhABopiQ7Lwt2V8Urq4 f/SkH+Gp8oASF9/zCh1Rh2Yj/uVMGyeM3WHevs8SnNwZ0rsHX55Zcs6pVqrJkZJbK+ zaQcw6JH3gM1M3Hph/Z8UPs47tdPEJmqawxlXTPo= From: Sean Bruno To: Mark Saad In-Reply-To: <83D72FE6-15E8-4113-9811-05299D9C2402@longcount.org> References: <83D72FE6-15E8-4113-9811-05299D9C2402@longcount.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 19:21:05 -0700 Message-ID: <1305598865.2633.4.camel@hitfishpass-lx.corp.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.2 (2.32.2-1.fc14) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Freebsd And the sun x4440 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 02:31:31 -0000 On Wed, 2012-05-16 at 17:42 -0700, Mark Saad wrote: > Once in the initial loading of the kernel at the "|" for 1-2 mins . > Then again shortly after printing the kernel banner "freebsd > 7.3-release etc etc etc" . This delay is about 1-2 mins as well. This looked like the "memory check" in my tests of -Current in the projects/largeSMP tree. You may want to try to manually disable the check using the following as a base. This is my diff to -Current. Your mileage may vary. Index: sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c =================================================================== --- sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c (revision 221963) +++ sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c (working copy) @@ -1430,6 +1430,8 @@ && pa >= trunc_page(dcons_addr) && pa < dcons_addr + dcons_size) goto do_dump_avail; + if (1) + goto baluba; page_bad = FALSE; @@ -1474,6 +1476,7 @@ */ if (page_bad == TRUE) continue; +baluba: /* * If this good page is a continuation of the * previous set of good pages, then just increase Sean