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Title: Yet another 760 kernel
Post by: Richjn on January 05, 2004, 12:30:50 am: Hi All

I know a lot of people are waiting for javaboy\'s latest kernel to get uploaded somewhere (myself included) for those who can\'t wait you can download one I have made. it includes the latest spectrum / orinoco drivers patched with the orinoco beta 0.14 patch to enable monitor mode and includes the premptive patches as per ced\'s instructions elsewhere. Works fine for me with a Drystone results of:

Microseconds 2.2
Dhrystones / second 462491.9
VAX MIPS 263.228

As useual use at your own risk and don\'t blame me if it doesn\'t work for you.

Download via ftp.

144.136.242.210

login Zaurus (note the capital Z)

User Zaurus (Capital Z)

Enjoy

Richard
Title: Yet another 760 kernel
Post by: Richjn on January 05, 2004, 06:42:55 am: I have updated my server and there are now three packages:

Kernel A: Includes the Spectrum / Orinoco drvers and latest patches + remove Sharp logo screen.

Kernel B: As above but with pre-emptive patches and unlocks.

Kernel C: Both of the above + includes clock change patches.

As pointed out by ced (and confirmed on my own socket bluetooth card) the pre-emptive kernel stops the cards working so if you need bluetooth karnel A is for you.

Richard
Title: Yet another 760 kernel
Post by: Richjn on January 05, 2004, 09:16:35 am: Hey Guys

Can we just stick to trying to download the files I have made available NOT trying to wget etc my entire system. The server won\'t let you anyway but it annoys me and will result in me taking the system of line.

Thanks

Richard
Title: Yet another 760 kernel
Post by: Richjn on January 06, 2004, 09:50:04 pm: Now that tumnus has sorted out the bluetooth issue with the preemptif kernels (thanks tumnus) I have submitted the kernel for approval and therefore have taken the ftp version offline.

If enougth people ask I will do a preemptif + wireless kernel for the 750 as well and could do a wireless monitor only version for the 700

Richard
Title: Yet another 760 kernel
Post by: Richjn on January 06, 2004, 09:57:55 pm: Oh and 860 as well

Richard
Title: Yet another 760 kernel
Post by: ced on January 07, 2004, 04:54:07 am: Can you let me know of your performance stats for your 760 kernel (normal, preemptif only, preemptif + clock change)? and I\'ll update my tutorial.

Thx.
Ced.
Title: Yet another 760 kernel
Post by: Richjn on January 07, 2004, 07:21:11 am: Hi ced

Results for my 760 kernel with premptif + clock fresh after reboot with tkc 2.51 rom.

Dhrystone 2.1
language c
50000000 runs

microseconds for one run 2.2
Dhrystone per second 462534.7
VAX MIPS rating = 263.253

I will do the other two tommorow as I\'m a bit bogged down at the moment but from memory the std was around 2.6 seconds for one run and I remember being surprised that the preemptif kernel without clock was much the same.

Richard
Title: Yet another 760 kernel
Post by: tumnus on January 07, 2004, 11:21:03 am: That\'s interesting, with the latest \'special\' kernel (pre-emptive + overclocking) on my SL-5600 I get:

Microseconds for one loop: 2.1
Dhrystones per second: 478194.3
VAX MIPS rating: 272.165

Which is marginally better than the SL-C760. I wonder if the Dhrystone Benchmark is really stress testing the Zaurus? Glancing at a white paper it might not be: http://ebenchmarks.com/download/ECLDhrysto...WhitePaper2.pdf (http://ebenchmarks.com/download/ECLDhrystoneWhitePaper2.pdf) .
Title: Yet another 760 kernel
Post by: ced on January 07, 2004, 12:10:29 pm: where can we download the EEMBC benchnark program?
Title: Yet another 760 kernel
Post by: ced on January 08, 2004, 03:50:49 am: on the 760 if you have set the CCCR register to 0x162 ( cat /proc/cccr_change) then you should have the following:

- memory -] 118Mhz
- run mode -] 472Mhz
- turbo mode -] 472Mhz
- PXBus -] 236Mhz

by default the CCCR register is set to 0x161 with:

- memory -] 100Mhz
- run mode -] 398Mhz
- turbo mode -] 398Mhz
- PXBus -] 199Mhz

the 750/760/860 should be faster than the SL-5600/C700 due to a double frequency of the bus...
Title: Yet another 760 kernel
Post by: Richjn on January 08, 2004, 04:30:53 am: ced

cat /proc/cccr_change gives me 0x00000162

no other read out

cat /proc/cpuinfo give me

processor Intel xscale-pxa255 rev 6 (v51)
Bogomips 397.31
features swp half thumb fastmult edsp
cpu implementor 0x69
cpu architecture 5TE
cpu variant 0x0
cpu part 0x2d0
cpu revision 6

Richard
Title: Yet another 760 kernel
Post by: ced on January 08, 2004, 04:44:20 am: yep 0x162 is correct for your device, your C760 should be overclocked with the above values.

like tummus has said the Dhrystone Benchmark is an old software from 1984...

I don\'t think we can use it to compare between devices but it\'s useful when you tweak your kernel.

The dhry21 binary as been compiled for normal ARM without XScale optimisation instructions. But I don\'t think it\'s going to make any difference for device comparison.
Title: Yet another 760 kernel
Post by: Richjn on January 08, 2004, 04:49:33 am: ced

At the end of the day its how the device performs and my 760 is noticeably faster.

Thanks again for all of your work.

Richard
Title: Yet another 760 kernel
Post by: ScottYelich on January 08, 2004, 04:35:30 pm: Quote
where can we download the EEMBC benchnark program?

I\'ve been reading about this... seems dhrystone is long since lost its relevance.

www.eembc.org -- I didn\'t compile the code, though.

Scott
Title: Yet another 760 kernel
Post by: xarope on January 11, 2004, 11:08:33 pm: Hi Richard, I noticed the kernels are still there, I thought you were planning to take them offline or are you planning to replace them with a new set of kernels (C=preempt+spectrum/orinoco drivers+bluetooth, D=C+overclock)?
Title: Yet another 760 kernel
Post by: Richjn on January 12, 2004, 12:12:41 am: Hi xarope

My ftp server is for work when I want to \"share\" something I enable a new account. I just forgot to disable it this time thanks for pointing it out.

I am currently working on kernels for the 5500 series but when finnished I was going to look at installing the bluez drivers into the kernel for all of the Z\'s

Richard
Title: Yet another 760 kernel
Post by: ced on January 12, 2004, 03:37:17 am: ScottYelich -] where is the code, I can\'t find...
Title: Yet another 760 kernel
Post by: Anonymous on January 22, 2004, 11:30:34 am: Any news? I cant download the kernel but I\'d really like to have wireless extensions and preemptive.