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Date: 2025-10-06 18:29:05
From: Ken Wellsch
Description: OpenBSD/sparc64 7.7 on SPARC T3-1
Boot device: /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/scsi@0/disk@p0 File and args: OpenBSD IEEE 1275 Bootblock 2.1 ..>> OpenBSD BOOT 1.29 ERROR: /iscsi-hba: No iscsi-network-bootpath property Trying bsd... Booting /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/scsi@0/disk@w500080d9105cad1d,0:a/bsd 10268920@0x1000000+3848@0x19cb0f8+151372@0x1c00000+4042932@0x1c24f4c symbols @ 0xfdd3e400 510477+165+678240+473433 start=0x1000000 [ using 1663352 bytes of bsd ELF symbol table ] console is /virtual-devices@100/console@1 Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1995-2025 OpenBSD. All rights reserved. https://www.OpenBSD.org OpenBSD 7.7 (GENERIC.MP) #2447: Sun Apr 13 12:48:59 MDT 2025 [_EMAIL_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX]:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc64/compile/GENERIC.MP real mem = 33822867456 (32256MB) avail mem = 33196318720 (31658MB) random: good seed from bootblocks mpath0 at root scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets mainbus0 at root: SPARC T3-1 cpu0 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu1 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu2 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu3 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu4 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu5 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu6 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu7 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu8 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu9 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu10 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu11 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu12 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu13 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu14 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu15 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu16 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu17 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu18 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu19 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu20 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu21 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu22 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu23 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu24 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu25 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu26 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu27 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu28 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu29 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu30 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu31 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu32 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu33 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu34 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu35 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu36 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu37 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu38 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu39 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu40 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu41 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu42 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu43 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu44 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu45 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu46 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu47 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu48 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu49 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu50 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu51 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu52 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu53 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu54 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu55 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu56 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu57 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu58 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu59 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu60 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu61 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu62 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu63 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu64 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu65 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu66 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu67 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu68 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu69 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu70 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu71 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu72 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu73 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu74 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu75 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu76 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu77 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu78 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu79 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu80 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu81 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu82 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu83 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu84 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu85 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu86 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu87 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu88 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu89 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu90 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu91 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu92 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu93 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu94 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu95 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu96 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu97 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu98 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu99 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu100 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu101 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu102 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu103 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu104 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu105 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu106 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu107 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu108 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu109 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu110 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu111 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu112 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu113 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu114 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu115 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu116 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu117 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu118 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu119 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu120 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu121 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu122 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu123 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu124 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu125 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu126 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz cpu127 at mainbus0: SPARC-T3 (rev 0.0) @ 1648.762 MHz vbus0 at mainbus0 "flashprom" at vbus0 not configured "tpm" at vbus0 not configured cbus0 at vbus0 vldc0 at cbus0 vldcp0 at vldc0 chan 0x0: ivec 0x0, 0x1 channel "hvctl" "ldom-primary" at vldc0 chan 0x1 not configured "fmactl" at vldc0 chan 0x3 not configured vldc1 at cbus0 "ldmfma" at vldc1 chan 0x4 not configured vldc2 at cbus0 "spfma" at vldc2 chan 0x5 not configured vldc3 at cbus0 vldcp1 at vldc3 chan 0x14: ivec 0x28, 0x29 channel "spds" "sunvts" at vldc3 chan 0x6 not configured "sunmc" at vldc3 chan 0x7 not configured "explorer" at vldc3 chan 0x8 not configured "flashupdate" at vldc3 chan 0x9 not configured "ipmi" at vldc3 chan 0xb not configured "virtual-domain-service" at cbus0 not configured "n2cp" at vbus0 not configured "ncp" at vbus0 not configured vrng0 at vbus0 vcons0 at vbus0: ivec 0x111: console vrtc0 at vbus0 vpci0 at mainbus0: bus 0 to 19, dvma map 80000000-ffffffff pci0 at vpci0 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Sun SPARC-T3/T4 PCIE" rev 0x01 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 ppb1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "IDT 89HPES48H12G2" rev 0x02 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 ppb2 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "IDT 89HPES48H12G2" rev 0x02: msi pci3 at ppb2 bus 3 ppb3 at pci2 dev 4 function 0 "IDT 89HPES48H12G2" rev 0x02 pci4 at ppb3 bus 4 mpii0 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 "Symbios Logic SAS2008" rev 0x03: msi mpii0: RF On-Board, firmware[_IP_XX] IR, MPI 2.0 scsibus1 at mpii0: 834 targets ppb4 at pci2 dev 6 function 0 "IDT 89HPES48H12G2" rev 0x02: msi pci5 at ppb4 bus 5 ppb5 at pci2 dev 8 function 0 "IDT 89HPES48H12G2" rev 0x02: msi pci6 at ppb5 bus 6 ppb6 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Sun SPARC-T3/T4 PCIE" rev 0x01 pci7 at ppb6 bus 7 ppb7 at pci7 dev 0 function 0 "IDT 89HPES64H16G2" rev 0x02 pci8 at ppb7 bus 8 ppb8 at pci8 dev 0 function 0 "IDT 89HPES64H16G2" rev 0x02 pci9 at ppb8 bus 9 ppb9 at pci9 dev 0 function 0 "ASPEED Technology AST1150 PCI" rev 0x02 pci10 at ppb9 bus 10 "ASPEED Technology AST2000" rev 0x10 at pci10 dev 0 function 0 not configured ppb10 at pci8 dev 4 function 0 "IDT 89HPES64H16G2" rev 0x02 pci11 at ppb10 bus 11 mpii1 at pci11 dev 0 function 0 "Symbios Logic SAS2008" rev 0x03: msi mpii1: RF On-Board, firmware[_IP_XX] IR, MPI 2.0 scsibus2 at mpii1: 834 targets ppb11 at pci8 dev 6 function 0 "IDT 89HPES64H16G2" rev 0x02 pci12 at ppb11 bus 12 em0 at pci12 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82576" rev 0x01: msi, address [_MAC_XXXXXXXXXX] em1 at pci12 dev 0 function 1 "Intel 82576" rev 0x01: msi, address [_MAC_XXXXXXXXXX] ppb12 at pci8 dev 7 function 0 "IDT 89HPES64H16G2" rev 0x02 pci13 at ppb12 bus 13 em2 at pci13 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82576" rev 0x01: msi, address [_MAC_XXXXXXXXXX] em3 at pci13 dev 0 function 1 "Intel 82576" rev 0x01: msi, address [_MAC_XXXXXXXXXX] ppb13 at pci8 dev 8 function 0 "IDT 89HPES64H16G2" rev 0x02: msi pci14 at ppb13 bus 14 ppb14 at pci8 dev 10 function 0 "IDT 89HPES64H16G2" rev 0x02: msi pci15 at ppb14 bus 15 ppb15 at pci8 dev 12 function 0 "IDT 89HPES64H16G2" rev 0x02: msi pci16 at ppb15 bus 16 ppb16 at pci16 dev 0 function 0 "PLX PEX 8114" rev 0xaa pci17 at ppb16 bus 17 mpi0 at pci17 dev 8 function 0 "Symbios Logic 53c1030" rev 0x08: msi mpi0: 0, firmware[_IP_XXX] scsibus3 at mpi0: 16 targets, initiator 7 cd0 at scsibus3 targ 3 lun 0: <ZULUSCSI, CDROM, 2.3W> removable serial.ZULUSCSICDROM_C9E15CD1 mpi0: target 3 Sync at 10MHz width 16bit offset 15 QAS 0 DT 0 IU 0 mpi1 at pci17 dev 8 function 1 "Symbios Logic 53c1030" rev 0x08: msi mpi1: 0, firmware[_IP_XXX] scsibus4 at mpi1: 16 targets, initiator 7 ppb17 at pci8 dev 15 function 0 "IDT 89HPES64H16G2" rev 0x02 pci18 at ppb17 bus 18 ppb18 at pci18 dev 0 function 0 "PLX PEX 8112" rev 0xaa pci19 at ppb18 bus 19 ohci0 at pci19 dev 0 function 0 "NEC USB" rev 0x43: ivec 0x402, version 1.0 ohci1 at pci19 dev 0 function 1 "NEC USB" rev 0x43: ivec 0x403, version 1.0 ehci0 at pci19 dev 0 function 2 "NEC USB" rev 0x04: ivec 0x404 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 configuration 1 interface 0 "NEC EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 usb1 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 configuration 1 interface 0 "NEC OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb2 at ohci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 configuration 1 interface 0 "NEC OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 "niu" at mainbus0 not configured "pci-performance-counters" at mainbus0 not configured sd0 at scsibus1 targ 2 lun 0: <ATA, TOSHIBA THNSNJ12, 0101> naa.500080d9105cad1d sd0: 122104MB, 512 bytes/sector, 250069680 sectors cd1 at scsibus2 targ 8 lun 0: <TEAC, DV-W28SS-R, 1.0C> removable uhub3 at uhub0 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Cypress Semiconductor USB2 Hub" rev 2.00/0.0b addr 2 uhidev0 at uhub3 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Fujitsu Component Type 6 Keyboard" rev 1.00/1.02 addr 3 uhidev0: iclass 3/1 ukbd0 at uhidev0: 8 variable keys, 6 key codes, country code 33 wskbd0 at ukbd0 mux 1 uhub4 at uhub3 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 "American Megatrends Inc. Generic Hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 4 umass0 at uhub4 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "American Megatrends Inc. Virtual Cdrom Device" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 5 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus5 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0 cd2 at scsibus5 targ 1 lun 0: <AMI, Virtual CDROM, 1.00> removable uhidev1 at uhub3 port 4 configuration 1 interface 0 "American Megatrends Inc. Virtual Keyboard and Mouse" rev 1.10/1.00 addr 6 uhidev1: iclass 3/1 ukbd1 at uhidev1: 8 variable keys, 6 key codes wskbd1 at ukbd1 mux 1 uhidev2 at uhub3 port 4 configuration 1 interface 1 "American Megatrends Inc. Virtual Keyboard and Mouse" rev 1.10/1.00 addr 6 uhidev2: iclass 3/1 ums0 at uhidev2: 3 buttons wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0 uhub5 at uhub0 port 4 configuration 1 interface 0 "Cypress Semiconductor USB2 Hub" rev 2.00/0.0b addr 7 vscsi0 at root scsibus6 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus7 at softraid0: 256 targets bootpath: /pci@400,0/pci@1,0/pci@0,0/pci@4,0/scsi@0,0/disk@500080d9105cad1d,0 root on sd0a (39566ab7ffae498d.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b Automatic boot in progress: starting file system checks. /dev/sd0a (39566ab7ffae498d.a): file system is clean; not checking /dev/sd0k (39566ab7ffae498d.k): file system is clean; not checking /dev/sd0d (39566ab7ffae498d.d): file system is clean; not checking /dev/sd0f (39566ab7ffae498d.f): file system is clean; not checking /dev/sd0g (39566ab7ffae498d.g): file system is clean; not checking /dev/sd0h (39566ab7ffae498d.h): file system is clean; not checking /dev/sd0j (39566ab7ffae498d.j): file system is clean; not checking /dev/sd0i (39566ab7ffae498d.i): file system is clean; not checking /dev/sd0e (39566ab7ffae498d.e): file system is clean; not checking pf enabled starting network reordering: ld.so libc libcrypto sshd sshd-session sshd-auth ssh-agent. openssl: generating isakmpd RSA keys... done. openssl: generating iked ECDSA keys... done. ssh-keygen: generating new host keys: RSA ECDSA ED25519 sshd: (ED25519) SHA256:CEJ9rGdA6UtAhWjZ/NbXzqtJ0wlc9VZsUCWPTg0GhH4 starting early daemons: syslogd pflogd ntpd. starting RPC daemons:. savecore: no core dump checking quotas: done. clearing /tmp kern.securelevel: 0 -> 1 creating runtime link editor directory cache. preserving editor files. starting network daemons: sshd smtpd sndiod. running rc.firsttime fw_update: add none; update none starting local daemons: cron. Mon Oct 6 13:22:56 EDT 2025 OpenBSD/sparc64 (t3.localhost) (console) login: root Password: OpenBSD 7.7 (GENERIC.MP) #2447: Sun Apr 13 12:48:59 MDT 2025 Welcome to OpenBSD: The proactively secure Unix-like operating system. Please use the sendbug(1) utility to report bugs in the system. Before reporting a bug, please try to reproduce it with the latest version of the code. With bug reports, please try to ensure that enough information to reproduce the problem is enclosed, and if a known fix for it exists, include that as well. You have new mail. t3# dd if=/dev/rcd0c of=/dev/null bs=1m count=500 405+1 records in 405+1 records out 425000960 bytes transferred in 27.701 secs (15342441 bytes/sec) t3# dd if=/dev/rsd0c of=/dev/null bs=1m count=500 500+0 records in 500+0 records out 524288000 bytes transferred in 10.701 secs (48994299 bytes/sec)