Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:44:19 +0200 From: Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org> To: Sepherosa Ziehau <sephe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r297334 - head/sys/dev/vt/hw/vga Message-ID: <4DFDE838-6C66-4C61-A7D8-A8A78BBFD9A7@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <201603280736.u2S7as7a069198@repo.freebsd.org> References: <201603280736.u2S7as7a069198@repo.freebsd.org>
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--Apple-Mail=_4A4E1015-3ECE-4706-86E0-E5719DED4FDB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On 28 Mar 2016, at 09:36, Sepherosa Ziehau <sephe@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > Author: sephe > Date: Mon Mar 28 07:36:54 2016 > New Revision: 297334 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/297334 > > Log: > vt: Use textmode when we're running on hypervisors > > The graphic mode is noticeably slow on hypervisors, especially > on Hyper-V (1 second to each line). > > Submitted by: Dexuan Cui <decui microsoft com> > Reviewed by: kib, sephe, royger (early loader version) > MFC after: 1 week > Sponsored by: Microsoft OSTC > Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D5739 Ah yes, this is very nice, thanks. The graphical console was also *extremely* slow on VMware guests. It could take 15 minutes to reach the login prompt! That said, it would be still be interesting to see if it is possible to speed up the graphical console somehow. The Linux kernel can also use a graphical console, but it isn't nearly as slow as that of FreeBSD... -Dimitry --Apple-Mail=_4A4E1015-3ECE-4706-86E0-E5719DED4FDB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.29 iEYEARECAAYFAlb5JykACgkQsF6jCi4glqM9nwCgjuW971jlGR+Q++GNxvRRey17 0ecAn2JLn5V8BZBMTCm7EBajV8igLIAF =JcsO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_4A4E1015-3ECE-4706-86E0-E5719DED4FDB--
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