From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 12 18:36:26 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 858FAB4D for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:36:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::16:76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6CC77769 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:36:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bugs.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.118]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t0CIaQbg003908 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:36:26 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 196650] [PATCH] Display progress during getmemsize() so the kernel doesn't look like it hanged Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:36:26 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: bin X-Bugzilla-Version: 11.0-CURRENT X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Only Me X-Bugzilla-Who: rpokala@panasas.com X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: bug_id short_desc product version rep_platform op_sys bug_status bug_severity priority component assigned_to reporter Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:36:26 -0000 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=196650 Bug ID: 196650 Summary: [PATCH] Display progress during getmemsize() so the kernel doesn't look like it hanged Product: Base System Version: 11.0-CURRENT Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: rpokala@panasas.com Several people have noticed that there can be a long, silent pause early in boot on amd64 systems with large amounts of physical RAM. This is while all the memory ranges are getting mapped in. Even with the memory tests disabled, this can take a noticeably long time, to the point that its easy to think that the kernel has stopped booting. The attached patch provides a basic progress indicator (print a dot as every GB is mapped), so it is obvious that progress actually is being made. Environment: FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.