Re: Running Freenet on an ARM based NAS

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Matthew Toseland
<toad-EI5O+8PHWbJeeLb3ft/[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 Mar 2013 19:23:51 Kasper wrote:

>>
>> Only real problem I have now is that libjcpuid apparently only exists
>> for x86 and I can't find the sources to try and compile it for ARM
>> myself (if even possible). I do not know if that's the reason it uses
>> too much CPU - between 90-100% at all times.
>
> Does it manage to load the native version of libjbigi? IMHO the native thread library is probably most important in terms of interactive usability.

Yes. It manages to load both the native version libjbigi and
libNativeThread, and I could really feel a difference in
responsiveness from compiling these as native, so I'd say you are
right they are most important for interactive usability.

>> But I managed to get it working on this alternative architecture,
>> despite being rather new to both Linux and ARM, although with basic
>> understanding of programming and compiling. It would not take much to
>> make such support out of the box, as seen by my experiences, although
>> of course optimizing could be another matter. But I guess getting
>> freenet-ext.jar carved up in smaller parts would be a big help both
>> for tweaking, and official support. But I definitely see an advantage
>> in being available for ARM devices for a program that should ideally
>> run 24/7. If I could get lower CPU usage it would run 24/7 at my place
>> now. Any advise on configurations to tweak to try and lower it or
>> insights regarding whether I'm correct in suspecting the lack of
>> libjcpuid is why it's running full throttle all the time?
>
> Yes, we should support it out of the box.

Well I hope I can help even if just a little. If nothing else by
confirming how close you are... I really lack both the theoretical
foundation and programming skills to contribute much directly, but I'd
be happy to do what I can, which at this point is probably mostly
testing, and feedback unfortunately...