On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Running Blackdown 1.1.7 with linux 2.0.36 on an Elan SC400 development
> board (486, 33 MHz, no floating point unit) results in extremely long load
> times (up to an hour or more) for applets that load quickly on a desktop
> linux system. After loading, the applet runs OK.
>
> Any ideas what is happening?
>
> One possibilty we have considered is the lack of a floating point unit, is
> this plausible?
The 486 has an integral FPU, it was the 386 that did not. Of course, to
muddy the issue, the 486sx does not have one.
>From my understanding of the class loading mechanism, poor floating point
performance would have neglible impact on start up times. What kind of IO
subsystem does your development board have?
Scott
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