Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 13:04:32 -0500 From: Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net> To: Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>, papowell@astart.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Display progress during getmemsize() so the kernel doesn't look like it hanged Message-ID: <54B952B0.1060503@vangyzen.net> In-Reply-To: <C1926DD4-DD92-4BBE-BFE5-679BF2794846@gmail.com> References: <D0DCA0FF.129C55%rpokala@panasas.com> <54B7656D.9000704@freebsd.org> <54B927F9.1010401@astart.com> <C1926DD4-DD92-4BBE-BFE5-679BF2794846@gmail.com>
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On 01/16/2015 12:53, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Jan 16, 2015, at 7:02, Patrick Powell <papowell@astart.com> wrote: > >> On 01/14/15 22:59, Allan Jude wrote: >>> Glad to see this, thanks for doing the work Ravi. Also, I agree with jhb@, we should disable the test by default in stable/10 (i think it is off by default only for VMs currently). >> Please please do not disable memory tests by default. If you do, when trying to boot from a CD/Memory Stick >> image on a system with bad memory (which would be found by the tests) then it gets quite difficult to find this >> problem. >> >> You need to have some boot level option setting experience/wizardry to set the flags during boot. >> >> Also this information should be added to the Hardware or Install portion of the FreeBSD Handbook. >> >> I have vivid memories to trying to boot up a system with bad memory. > Or… turn it off by default and provide an option in the boot loader to turn it on manually? > Cheers! I was thinking the same thing. In addition, maybe turn it on by default for CD/memstick images. Eric
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