From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 14 05:42:57 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C6E81065672 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 05:42:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: from mail.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [217.69.76.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39E7C8FC0C for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 05:42:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [217.69.76.211]) by mail.0x20.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77C446A6026; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:42:56 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mail.0x20.net Received: from mail.0x20.net ([217.69.76.211]) by mail.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [217.69.76.211]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id OiTOSbgU4Qjk; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:42:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb:1::3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.0x20.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2AF276A601E; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:42:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q5E5gtKL028520; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:42:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: (from lars@localhost) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q5E5gqXQ026733; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:42:52 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lars) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:42:52 +0200 From: Lars Engels To: Hans Petter Selasky Message-ID: <20120614054252.GZ5592@e-new.0x20.net> References: <4FD66F7E.2060404@brandonfa.lk> <4FD90795.60104@acsalaska.net> <201206140713.23570.hselasky@c2i.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="nydc3TyZakb7ip9W" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201206140713.23570.hselasky@c2i.net> X-Editor: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 X-Operation-System: FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p2 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Ian Lepore , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Eitan Adler , claudiu vasadi , Wojciech Puchar , Mel Flynn Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Times 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: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 05:42:57 -0000 --nydc3TyZakb7ip9W Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 07:13:23AM +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > On Wednesday 13 June 2012 23:35:17 Mel Flynn wrote: > > On 13-6-2012 23:16, claudiu vasadi wrote: > > > If you simplky do "sysctl -d hw.usb.no_boot_wait" you will see the > > > explanation ;) > >=20 > > Probably why Eitan asked as that description: > > a) means nothing to people unfamiliar with device enumerations > > b) does not point to a manual page that explains how USB does device > > enumerations and why it would account for a significant chunk of the > > boot process. >=20 > It's not dangerous. It only means that you can't boot off a USB disk for= =20 > example, because the USB stack will then not wait for the BOOT device at= =20 > mount-root time, if you set this options.=20 Can we disable that by default and add a boot menu entry like "Boot from USB Disk" to enable it? --nydc3TyZakb7ip9W Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk/ZedwACgkQKc512sD3afhksQCZAQDaPRmcVYbrfsG+fGnqRHuF yKUAoIrzvPb/DT5MxQqCQwHHVQZF2aJF =qxQR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nydc3TyZakb7ip9W--