Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 19:39:57 +0100 From: "Joel Dahl" <joel@automatvapen.se> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/74862: [patch] update tuning(7) man page Message-ID: <20041208183946.B52E237E45@smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net> Resent-Message-ID: <200412081840.iB8IeOYT086785@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 74862 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [patch] update tuning(7) man page >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Dec 08 18:40:24 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Joel Dahl >Release: FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD dude.automatvapen.se 5.3-STABLE FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #1: Sat Nov 13 19:50:36 CET 2004 joel@dude.automatvapen.se:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/WRK i386 >Description: (1) Remove reference to IDE_DELAY. I'm not sure that my memory is correct, but I think that it was removed a long time ago, so I don't see any point in keeping it here. (2) Reword things a bit since SCSI_DELAY defaults to 5000 milliseconds in CURRENT, not 15000. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- tuning.diff begins here --- Index: tuning.7 =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/share/man/man7/tuning.7,v retrieving revision 1.69 diff -u -r1.69 tuning.7 --- tuning.7 16 Nov 2004 21:22:09 -0000 1.69 +++ tuning.7 8 Dec 2004 18:03:44 -0000 @@ -814,17 +814,12 @@ by a megabyte or more, leaving more memory available for applications. .Pp .Dv SCSI_DELAY -and -.Dv IDE_DELAY may be used to reduce system boot times. The defaults are fairly high and -can be responsible for 15+ seconds of delay in the boot process. +can be responsible for 5+ seconds of delay in the boot process. Reducing .Dv SCSI_DELAY -to 5 seconds usually works (especially with modern drives). -Reducing -.Dv IDE_DELAY -also works but you have to be a little more careful. +to something below 5 seconds could work (especially with modern drives). .Pp There are a number of .Dv *_CPU --- tuning.diff ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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