From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 18 00:11:34 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E227106566B for ; Wed, 18 May 2011 00:11:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaduk@mit.edu) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-8.mit.edu (DMZ-MAILSEC-SCANNER-8.MIT.EDU [18.7.68.37]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F5368FC0A for ; Wed, 18 May 2011 00:11:33 +0000 (UTC) X-AuditID: 12074425-b7b78ae000007e02-d4-4dd30b326714 Received: from mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu ( [18.7.62.39]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-8.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id C4.F4.32258.23B03DD4; Tue, 17 May 2011 19:56:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id p4HNuVaE005661; Tue, 17 May 2011 19:56:32 -0400 Received: from multics.mit.edu (MULTICS.MIT.EDU [18.187.1.73]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as kaduk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id p4HNuUhj001718 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 17 May 2011 19:56:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from kaduk@localhost) by multics.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id p4HNuTqV029743; Tue, 17 May 2011 19:56:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 19:56:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk To: Mark Saad In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (GSO 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFnrFIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixG6nrmvEfdnX4MQ9TosNCwotlm7uYXJg 8pjxaT6Lx7Gl29gDmKK4bFJSczLLUov07RK4Mro+ixT85K54s+s0WwPjKc4uRk4OCQETiaub ZrFD2GISF+6tZ+ti5OIQEtjHKNHz6TAjhLOBUeJ053Yo5wCTxK+pc1ggnAZGiaeX1jKD9LMI aEvsnfIAbBabgIrEzDcbgWZxcIgIqEmsO8gDYjIL6Et8ueQDUiEsoCoxd8lBVhCbU8BRYv+c BywgNq+Ag8Sefa8ZQWwhgVKJma+2sYHYogI6Eqv3T4GqEZQ4OfMJmM0sYCnxb+0v1gmMgrOQ pGYhSS1gZFrFKJuSW6Wbm5iZU5yarFucnJiXl1qka6GXm1mil5pSuokRHKQuqjsYJxxSOsQo wMGoxMNb3nvJV4g1say4MvcQoyQHk5IorwLXZV8hvqT8lMqMxOKM+KLSnNTiQ4wSHMxKIrwt Sy/6CvGmJFZWpRblw6SkOViUxHnnS6r7CgmkJ5akZqemFqQWwWRlODiUJHhVQIYKFqWmp1ak ZeaUIKSZODhBhvMADQ8GqeEtLkjMLc5Mh8ifYlSUEufNA0kIgCQySvPgemFJ5BWjONArwrwu IFU8wAQE1/0KaDAT0OBVpy6ADC5JREhJNTBaCPs+MWmVKCg40OjjZjHNKWHrl4CLD5YK8Okp fJ4ba9Sw3v5d6+rmJa++Sn85um3JpwnPFW7eqbb8si6b7U1QydN4pmcS7RsnmG9W0XH+z9Rt yGjiPGFxRXXf759TD/R5rLm95s70x++P+M5a+0TYOnWxdL3PqbMZzDcve/ZW1H/fYhPc9m6L EktxRqKhFnNRcSIAw8GEXv0CAAA= Cc: "hackers@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Freebsd on 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: Wed, 18 May 2011 00:11:34 -0000 On Tue, 17 May 2011, krad wrote: > On 17 May 2012 01:34, Mark Saad wrote: > >> All >> I am setting up 3 sun x4440 with freebsd 7.3 amd64 . The severs have 4x >> 4-core opterons and 128G of ram each . Once the servers boot they are a good >> fit for what we are doing and preform well . The odd thing I am seeing is a >> long delay in boot up . 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. So my >> question does any one know what I could do to speed up the boot up ? I >> suspect the first delay is due to a serial device probe the second is a >> mystery . also the bios load up time is about 5 mins on this box does anyone >> have any ideas on speeding that up ? >> >> ---- >> mark saad >> Nonesuch@longcount.org_______________________________________________ >> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > why 7.3? You might have better luck with 8.2. Not I real answer but > sometimes its easier to go around issues As Sean Bruno said in the other thread, this is probably the ~useless "memory check" done at boot; you can find the full thread where it was recently discussed here: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2011-March/011198.html --kaduk