From owner-svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Fri Oct 2 13:14:02 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@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 A4638A0DA9B; Fri, 2 Oct 2015 13:14:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "wonkity.com", Issuer "wonkity.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 44A8B1A32; Fri, 2 Oct 2015 13:14:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id t92DE0iR023750 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 2 Oct 2015 07:14:00 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id t92DE0hw023747; Fri, 2 Oct 2015 07:14:00 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 07:14:00 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Ed Maste cc: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r47478 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq In-Reply-To: <201510020852.t928qnwx091479@repo.freebsd.org> Message-ID: References: <201510020852.t928qnwx091479@repo.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (BSF 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 02 Oct 2015 07:14:00 -0600 (MDT) X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:14:02 -0000 On Fri, 2 Oct 2015, Ed Maste wrote: > Author: emaste (src committer) > Date: Fri Oct 2 08:52:48 2015 > New Revision: 47478 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47478 > > Log: > Update memory test info: not run by default in 10.2 and later > > Reviewed by: dru > Approved by: dru > > Modified: > head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml > > Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml > ============================================================================== > --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Fri Oct 2 08:29:10 2015 (r47477) > +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Fri Oct 2 08:52:48 2015 (r47478) > @@ -3459,10 +3459,11 @@ kern.sched.name: ULE > > > > - &os; does a short memory test early in the boot > - process. This test usually only takes several seconds, > - however if the system has many 10s or 100s of gigabytes > - of memory it can take up to a few minutes. This test can > + &os; 10.1 and earlier executes a memory test early > + in the boot process. This test takes several seconds > + if the system has a small amount of memory. On systems > + with 10s or 100s of gigabytes of memory it can take ^^^ ^^^^ These look like units rather than counts. Better to just use the words "tens or hundreds". > + a few minutes or more. This test can "This test" is repeated a couple of times. Some rearranging can reduce that redundancy. See below. > be disabled by setting hw.memtest.tests > to 0 in > /boot/loader.conf. Suggestion: &os; 10.1 and earlier tests memory early in the boot process. When the system has a small amount of memory, the test takes a few seconds. Computers with tens or hundreds of gigabytes of memory can take several minutes to complete the test. The memory test can be disabled by adding hw.memtest.tests=0 to /boot/loader.conf.