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On Thursday 23 April 2009 23:16:37 wireless wrote: |
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> Nicola Mfb wrote: |
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> > 2009/4/23 Previdi Roberto <previdi.roberto@×××××.com>: |
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> >> ewithoutu much effort. The remaining problem is that each package |
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> >> configure phase is very slow, i think because of the slow disk access |
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> >> (it must read/write on the microsd card..). |
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> >> so, is there any tested way to speed up everything? i used ext3 for |
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> >> the partition filesystem, so i think that is slowing down everything.. |
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> > I did not digged deeply but ext3 for me is too slow, I returned to |
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> > ext2 without trying to tune it. |
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> You know, I do not even have one of these devices. However, |
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> I have read about "squashfs" as part of the 2.6.29 kernel |
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> offering. It's suppose to be the best thing, since sliced |
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> bread, for embedded devices. |
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> Have not got around to using it on any device, but, it |
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> *may* be what your need.... |
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> http://www.squashfs-lzma.org/ |
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> Maybe others have experience with squashfs? |
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1. squashfs-lzma isn't supported nether by vanilla or openmoko kernel |
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2. squashfs is *read-only* FS, it isn't what he need now, and actually it hard |
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use it as rootfs, maybe just in pair with unionfs or aufs |
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3. compression is very good, portage in squashfs-gzip just ~60Mb |
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