Updated today to latest snap - very slow

jimp

Ah, does the widget read the filesystem or just the setting?

It reads the filesystem. The same logic as the test on Diag > NanoBSD that lists the current status of the fs

stephenw10

Thanks Jim.

szop

This is more than sexy! Thanks a lot! (Very helpfull in my situation because of reconfiguring 17 different VLAN's including rules :D)

Cheers,
Szop

MaxPF

I wanted to try 2.1 (dec 07 snapshot) on my Alix box at home and unfortunately I have this issue when saving changes. I have a generic, no brand 4GB CF card.
I tried the workaround of switching to RW before making changes and it seems to work much better.

jimp

As another data point to eliminate… Tried two different thing:
1. Enabled write caching
2. Switched the underlying fs from UFS to UFS2

Neither made any improvements in speed.

phil.davis

Ermal committed this patch https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense-tools/commit/008742971cb44d8c0f81929504ab7330442c4ba4 and I would really like to try it out. For some reason it is 16 hours now and no new snapshot has appeared. Is there a problem with the snapshot builder making this? Or will I find that a new snapshot appears 5 minutes after I post this?

I have a nanobsd Alix system that I am currently setting up that exhibits all the symptoms and it is easy for me to upgrade and test.
Edit: I see Jimp just bumped 2.1 to BETA1 - maybe that is a sign that this long-standing nanobsd issue is fixed.

jimp

working on getting the ports up to date on the snapshot builder. We've had a few fixes in pfPorts lately and freebsd bumped some versions in things like pcre, so I'm trying to get everything building happily yet.

His fix does work, I have a card here that was taking ~40s to switch back and now it's under 1s. It'll just be a few more hours until the snaps are going again.

stephenw10

@jimp:

His fix does work, I have a card here that was taking ~40s to switch back and now it's under 1s.

Well this is brilliant news. :)
I eagerly await new snaphots for testing.

Steve

MaxPF

@jimp:

working on getting the ports up to date on the snapshot builder. We've had a few fixes in pfPorts lately and freebsd bumped some versions in things like pcre, so I'm trying to get everything building happily yet.

His fix does work, I have a card here that was taking ~40s to switch back and now it's under 1s. It'll just be a few more hours until the snaps are going again.

That's excellent! Great jobs guys.

jimp

New BETA1 snaps should be up and ready to go. Confirmed my alix works great still on what used to be a slow card.

phil.davis

Celebration time - it works! I have upgraded my test system, then a half-dozen other Alix nanobsd systems. They all respond to mount readonly in under a second now. Thanks Ermal, Jimp and all those who have spent time investigating this. Where do we send the chocolates and flowers? :)

jimp

http://www.pfsense.org/donate.html ;-)

(Somewhere I had started a list of links to developer wish lists… not sure what I did with it.)

szop

@jimp:

http://www.pfsense.org/donate.html ;-)

(Somewhere I had started a list of links to developer wish lists… not sure what I did with it.)

Haha, done ;). Thanks a lot for this great update!

Cheers,
Szop

xbipin

well, doesnt really take 1s but 2-3s for my card now but still a lot better than 30+secs, thanks guys

donations sent

gloomrider

A little late to the party. So happy this is fixed. Just sent a donation!

Thanks guys!!!