Not so slow Slug
I have a standard NSLU2 on which I have removed the under clocking to
give me 266.26 BogoMIPS
However, occasionally it boots up as a quicker machine (~1 in 10)
I'm using Armel.
Linux version 2.6.26-1-ixp4xx (Debian 2.6.26-3) (waldi@debian.org)
CPU: XScale-IXP42x Family [690541f1] revision 1 (ARMv5TE), cr=0000397f
Calibrating delay loop... 532.48 BogoMIPS (lpj=2662400)
Slug:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor : XScale-IXP42x Family rev 1 (v5l)
BogoMIPS : 532.48
Features : swp half thumb fastmult edsp
CPU implementer : 0x69
CPU architecture: 5TE
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0x41f
CPU revision : 1
Cache type : undefined 5
Cache clean : undefined 5
Cache lockdown : undefined 5
Cache format : Harvard
I size : 32768
I assoc : 32
I line length : 32
I sets : 32
D size : 32768
D assoc : 32
D line length : 32
D sets : 32
Hardware : Linksys NSLU2
Revision : 0000
Serial : 0000000000000000
I don't think this a reporting error
Mplayer playing Real Audio from the BBC gives
A:218269.7 (60:37:49.7) of 0.0 (unknown) 32.3% against 65% CPU on a
slow boot
Whilst the BBC is playing I can also run aptitude and the audio is
unaffected.
top also shows half the normal CPU usage for most applications.
mpd playing .m4a files use 25%, .mp3 files use less than 1%
rsync pulling a .avi from the remote rsync daemon on the Slug gives:
368027292 100% 3.73MB/s 0:01:34 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1)
sent 50 bytes received 368072356 bytes 3894946.10 bytes/sec
total size is 368027292 speedup is 1.00
scp tv.avi 100% 351MB 1.9MB/s 03:09
(sshd took 90% CPU)
Are these stats normal for a Slug?
Is there a reliable way to get it to boot fast?
Alan
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