* Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-02-10 17:22]: > > Do you have a patch? :) > Not yet. Do you remember why it uses ibs?
Here's what svn log says, but I really don't understand dd very well. This was based on a comment on a mailing list or something. Index: debian/changelog =================================================================== --- debian/changelog (revision 42551) +++ debian/changelog (revision 42553) @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +flash-kernel (0.8) unstable; urgency=low + + * Speed up flash-kernel on NSLU2 by reading the second part of the + kernel in one go rather than byte by byte. + + -- Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:12:16 +0000 + flash-kernel (0.7) unstable; urgency=high * Copy the ixp400 modules to target if they exist. This code got lost Index: flash-kernel =================================================================== --- flash-kernel (revision 42551) +++ flash-kernel (revision 42553) @@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ boundary=1441792 # 0x00160000 ksize=$(wc -c $kfile | awk '{print $1}') ksize1=$(expr $boundary - $offset - 16) - ksize2=$(expr $ksize - $ksize1) tmp=$(tempfile) printf "Flashing kernel: " >&2 ( @@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ dd if=$kfile of=$tmp bs=$ksize1 count=1 2>/dev/null nslu2_swap $tmp sercomm_header 131072 - dd if=$kfile of=$tmp bs=1 skip=$ksize1 count=$ksize2 2>/dev/null + dd if=$kfile of=$tmp ibs=$ksize1 skip=1 2>/dev/null nslu2_swap $tmp rm -f $tmp ) > "$mtdkernel" || error "failed." -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]