Re: Strange delays on G5

[Michael <macallan1888%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hello,

On Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:29:51 +0200
Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 15, 2026 at 08:46:34AM -0400, Michael wrote:
> > - shell startup takes several seconds on a 2GHz 970MP while on an
> >   800MHz G4 it's more or less instant.  
> 
> I can't reproduce that, maybe it depends on something in your .shrc ?
> 
> [~] martin@big-apple > /usr/bin/time sh -c exit
>         0.00 real         0.00 user         0.00 sys
> [~] martin@big-apple > /usr/bin/time sh -l -c exit
>         0.00 real         0.00 user         0.00 sys
> 
> This is on a
> 
> mainbus0 (root): PowerMac7,3
> cpu0 at mainbus0: 970FX (rev 3.0), ID 0 (primary)

Hmm, definitely a local change :/

A POWERMAC_G5.MP kernel from f.n.o doesn't find half the hardware in
the 11,2 but it does get 100MB/s from the local disk...

Sorry for the noise
Michael