Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 17:30:58 -0700 From: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> To: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tell the user we're booting Message-ID: <C17DCA21-0DDF-4A19-A23D-8382F3826DD9@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <6DBE2255-40A3-452B-A503-04AF6A3FBE42@fisglobal.com> References: <DFD7A734-6876-4232-AA9E-521B1041C3D9@fisglobal.com> <EF63E60A-CF60-433C-9D91-D25C2B7E2645@gmail.com> <6DBE2255-40A3-452B-A503-04AF6A3FBE42@fisglobal.com>
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On Oct 7, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Devin Teske wrote: >=20 > On Oct 7, 2012, at 3:53 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote: >=20 >> On Oct 7, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Devin Teske wrote: >>=20 >>> Hi, >>>=20 >>> I'd like to propose a small (tiny even) patch to sys/boot/forth/loader.= 4th >>>=20 >>> Said patch will echo "Booting=85" before invoking the kernel. >>>=20 >>> This patch would effect every architecture (even those that don't use t= he beastie menu). >>>=20 >>> The reason for proposing this tiny change is that as of 9.0-R I've noti= ced a significant lag between executing "boot" and getting something on-scr= een to show that something is happening. >>=20 >> This is probably the memory test (set "hw.memtest.tests" to "0" in load= er.conf and see if that speeds things up). woah-nelly! I don't think I can count "one" before I see stuff show up on-s= creen. That's surely-it. >> Regardless, I think it'd be a good thing to have. Excellent, I'll move forward with the tiny patch. Thanks. Glad to improve t= he responsiveness (even if-only perceived). --=20 Devin P.S. You'll notice in the patch a ``strange'' ANSI color (37;44) when loade= r_color=3DYES, that's white-text on blue-background. That's a color that we= 've been using for nearly a decade and it seems to work quite well. I think= I read somewhere that blue is very soothing and calming (and that Disney k= nows this very well -- and is why they use a specific percentage of blue in= their movie previews). But hey, =85 we *could* change it (/me runs to comm= it ^_^) >> Thanks! >> -Garrett >>=20 >> PS Got patch? >=20 > Here's patch: >=20 > _____________ > The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confident= ial. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message = and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any = manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be awa= re that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and rev= iew by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you. > <patch.txt> _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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