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Date:      Tue, 13 Jan 2015 10:48:16 -0500
From:      Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net>
To:        Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>,  Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [PATCH] Display progress during getmemsize() so the kernel doesn't look like it hanged
Message-ID:  <54B53E40.1030903@vangyzen.net>
In-Reply-To: <20150113091122.GK67556@e-new.0x20.net>
References:  <D0D89A8E.129518%rpokala@panasas.com> <54B35B36.4040504@freebsd.org> <20150113091122.GK67556@e-new.0x20.net>

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On 01/13/2015 04:11, Lars Engels wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 12:27:18AM -0500, Allan Jude wrote:
>> Is this feature still useful with memtest.tests=0?
> This feature is useful for everyone who has it set to 1, if they know
> about it or not. So it's a very useful feature.

Agreed.

Comments on the patch:

The patch will divide by zero when PAGE_SIZE > 1 MiB.  Maybe remove
PAGES_PER_MB, and just use PAGES_PER_GB.  Make it const, too.

The "total" line is mostly redundant with the later messages regarding
"real memory" and "avail memory".  I suggest removing it.

Eric



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