Hi Paul,
I think most of the time is spent in RAM initialization.
- Do board owners with similar amount of memory (independent of the board) have similar numbers?
- What are the ways to improve that? Is it possible? For example, can the modules be probed in parallel (if that isn?t done already)?
Regarding 1: I am running 128GB in 8GB modules (LRDIMMs) and experiencing a similar issue. With just two UDIMMs, the boot times are *much* faster. Also, the vendor BIOS is faster from the time you press the poweron button to the time the monitor gets a signal.
Cheers, Daniel