Difference between revisions of "Application:SBromwichKernel"

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= Warnings =
 
= Warnings =
  
* My patch makes the kernel boot at 800MHz. Run this kernel at your own risk.
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* My patch makes the kernel boot at 800MHz. Run this kernel at your own risk. Not compliant with point 6 of http://forums.precentral.net/webos-internals/241355-next-generation-kernel-development-packaging.html .
* anticipatory io scheduler recommended
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* anticipatory io scheduler recommended.

Revision as of 18:02, 8 May 2010

The sbromwich series of kernels are my kernels with all current webos-internals testing patches applied, plus my own patches.

Patches applied for 1.4.1-23

  • Debug settings removed from default kernel build
  • Compile kernel with explicit cortex-a8 tuning flags for gcc
  • Tweak prcm power manager to more explicitly wait for power set calls to return, remove debug cruft, and add Wait For Interrupt instruction if a prcm setting attempt fails
  • Enable preempt kernel

Known problems

  • Pre can take some extra time to respond to certain activities, especially when waking up; lags of up to 2 seconds can be experienced on wakeup. The alternative is a reboot, which will take even longer.

Improvements

  • User interactivity latency should be lower (time to respond to keypresses, etc).
  • Fewer powerd wakeups allowing the system to sleep longer.

Warnings