Tell the user we're booting

[Devin Teske]

On Oct 7, 2012, at 3:53 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote:

> On Oct 7, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Devin Teske wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'd like to propose a small (tiny even) patch to sys/boot/forth/loader.4th
>> 
>> Said patch will echo "Booting…" before invoking the kernel.
>> 
>> This patch would effect every architecture (even those that don't use the beastie menu).
>> 
>> The reason for proposing this tiny change is that as of 9.0-R I've noticed a significant lag between executing "boot" and getting something on-screen to show that something is happening.
> 
> 	This is probably the memory test (set "hw.memtest.tests" to "0" in loader.conf and see if that speeds things up). Regardless, I think it'd be a good thing to have.
> Thanks!
> -Garrett
> 
> PS Got patch?

Here's patch:

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Index: color.4th.8
===================================================================
--- color.4th.8	(revision 241310)
+++ color.4th.8	(working copy)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 .Dl include color.4th
 .Pp
 This line is present in
-.Pa /boot/beastie.4th
+.Pa /boot/loader.4th
 file, so it is not needed (and should not be re-issued) in a normal setup.
 .Pp
 The commands provided by it are:
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr loader.conf 5 ,
 .Xr loader 8 ,
-.Xr beastie.4th 8 ,
 .Xr loader.4th 8
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
Index: loader.4th
===================================================================
--- loader.4th	(revision 241310)
+++ loader.4th	(working copy)
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 2048 dictincrease !  \ 2048 additional cells each time
 
 include /boot/support.4th
+include /boot/color.4th
 
 only forth also support-functions also builtins definitions
 
@@ -64,6 +65,12 @@
 : boot
   0= if ( interpreted ) get_arguments then
 
+  loader_color? if
+    ." Booting..." cr
+  else
+    ." Booting..." cr
+  then
+
   \ Unload only if a path was passed
   dup if
     >r over r> swap
Index: beastie.4th
===================================================================
--- beastie.4th	(revision 241310)
+++ beastie.4th	(working copy)
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 marker task-beastie.4th
 
-include /boot/color.4th
 include /boot/delay.4th
 
 variable logoX