svn commit: r47478 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq

[Warren Block]

On Fri, 2 Oct 2015, Ed Maste wrote:

> Author: emaste (src committer)
> Date: Fri Oct  2 08:52:48 2015
> New Revision: 47478
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47478
>
> Log:
>  Update memory test info: not run by default in 10.2 and later
>
>  Reviewed by:	dru
>  Approved by:	dru
>
> Modified:
>  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
>
> Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
> ==============================================================================
> --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Fri Oct  2 08:29:10 2015	(r47477)
> +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Fri Oct  2 08:52:48 2015	(r47478)
> @@ -3459,10 +3459,11 @@ kern.sched.name: ULE</screen>
> 	</question>
>
> 	<answer>
> -	  <para>&os; does a short memory test early in the boot
> -	    process.  This test usually only takes several seconds,
> -	    however if the system has many 10s or 100s of gigabytes
> -	    of memory it can take up to a few minutes.  This test can
> +	  <para>&os; 10.1 and earlier executes a memory test early
> +	    in the boot process.  This test takes several seconds
> +	    if the system has a small amount of memory.  On systems
> +	    with 10s or 100s of gigabytes of memory it can take
                  ^^^    ^^^^
These look like units rather than counts.  Better to just use the words 
"tens or hundreds".

> +	    a few minutes or more.  This test can

"This test" is repeated a couple of times.  Some rearranging can reduce 
that redundancy.  See below.

> 	    be disabled by setting <literal>hw.memtest.tests</literal>
> 	    to <literal>0</literal> in
> 	    <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>.</para>

Suggestion:

   <para>&os; 10.1 and earlier tests memory early in the boot process.
     When the system has a small amount of memory, the test takes a few
     seconds.  Computers with tens or hundreds of gigabytes of memory can
     take several minutes to complete the test.  The memory test can be
     disabled by adding <literal>hw.memtest.tests=0</literal> to
     <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>.</para>