Updated today to latest snap - very slow
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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. -
As another data point to eliminate… Tried two different thing:
1. Enabled write caching
2. Switched the underlying fs from UFS to UFS2Neither made any improvements in speed.
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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. -
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.
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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
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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.
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New BETA1 snaps should be up and ready to go. Confirmed my alix works great still on what used to be a slow card.
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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? :)
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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.)
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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 -
well, doesnt really take 1s but 2-3s for my card now but still a lot better than 30+secs, thanks guys
donations sent
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A little late to the party. So happy this is fixed. Just sent a donation!
Thanks guys!!!
