[coreboot] How to improve the boot time of the Asus KGPE-D16?

[Daniel Kulesz]

Hi Paul,

> 
> I think most of the time is spent in RAM initialization.
> 
>    1. Do board owners with similar amount of memory (independent of the
>       board) have similar numbers?
>    2. 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