I've uninstalled power kernel .45 and installed bfs kernel .45 directly from the deb's.
I used the dpkg -i *.deb sugestions but it failed the first time because it tried to install kernel flasher before the kernel and complained about dependencies.
Ran the same command again and flashed the kernel this time around.
But failed to install linux-kernel headers' on both runs. Is it really needed?
Anyway, for now I haven't noticed any improvements in any way (but it's still too early to tell) and secondly does this kernel provide overclocking? If yes, how to access on the CLI? (like kernel-config on titan's kernel)
I've uninstalled power kernel .45 and installed bfs kernel .45 directly from the deb's.
I used the dpkg -i *.deb sugestions but it failed the first time because it tried to install kernel flasher before the kernel and complained about dependencies.
Ran the same command again and flashed the kernel this time around.
But failed to install linux-kernel headers' on both runs. Is it really needed?
Anyway, for now I haven't noticed any improvements in any way (but it's still too early to tell) and secondly does this kernel provide overclocking? If yes, how to access on the CLI? (like kernel-config on titan's kernel)
silbah
You minimally need kernel-bfs, kernel-bfs-modules and kernel-bfs-flasher. The headers are for compiling additional kernel modules (which most users won't have to do) and the bootimg is for multiboot etc.
I've recompiled kernel-power-settings to depend on kernel-bfs instead of kernel-power a few posts back. Installing that package will provide the kernel-config script, allowing you to overclock just as you used to
To prevent this package to be 'updated' to the official one (which will pull in kernel-power because it depends on that), add the following text to /etc/apt/preferences (create this file if it doesn't exist yet):
I have kernel-bfs v45 installed for almost a week now and I must sayy that I do not notice any performance or responsiveness improvements over kernel-power v45.
Just as Gusse pointed out the desktop transitions are not as smooth as before. And unlocking from the slider seems a little bit slower too, or a slightly longer delay to show the system menu when you press the power button.
For me browsing seems ok, just like before.
Using the built-in app manager still slows the system down to a crawl.
Haven't played with the media player, so I can't comment on that.
But overall, I couldn't see any real benefits from BFS over CFS.
I would like to read about the experiences of other people who have this kernel installed.
Kernel-bfs has been updated to include the BFS CPU scheduler v0.363 and all the changes from kernel-power up the current latest version available (2.6.28-maemo46).
This release bumps the kernel-bfs version to -bfs5
On a side note: some people reported less smooth transitions when using kernel-bfs. As a possible solution for those who experience that, I've compiled schedtool for the N900 to be able to make use of the additional policies BFS introduces. Click here to download it.
Make sure the following command runs when hildon-desktop has been started, e.g. with a startup script
