4236 2013-04-10 06:30:11 +0000 smart command run very slow on qemumips 2015-01-02 18:11:23 +0000 1 1 11 Runtime Package Management Issues package-management-issues 1.4 x86 Multiple RESOLVED WONTFIX Medium normal 1.8 M2 1 yi.zhao bluelightning bluelightning bogdan.a.marinescu ke.zou mark.hatle ning.zhang Qi.Chen richard.purdie --- --- No (bug/feature does not impact docs) oldest_to_newest 31790 0 yi.zhao 2013-04-10 06:30:11 +0000 Image location: http://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/pub/nightly/20130403-2/ Git rev: fe336b149552b1f4f24d979c40302653298b98cc I found on qemumips the smart command run slow than qemuarm and qemuppc. Especially for update and install command, the time is about 4 times. Here are some time data output: On qemumips: ############# root@qemumips:~# time smart Usage: smart command [options] [arguments] ...[snip]... real 0m2.615s user 0m2.410s sys 0m0.150s root@qemumips:~# time smart update --help Usage: smart update [options] [channelalias] ... ...[snip]... real 0m4.537s user 0m4.270s sys 0m0.240s root@qemumips:~# time smart query busybox Updating cache... ...[snip]... real 0m39.063s user 0m35.760s sys 0m1.100s root@qemumips:~# time smart channel --add myrpmmd type=rpm-md baseurl=http://192.168.7.1/rpmrepo/qemumips -y real 0m6.783s user 0m6.280s sys 0m0.380s root@qemumips:~# time smart update Loading cache... Updating cache... ...[snip]... Channels have 9438 new packages. Saving cache... real 17m17.422s user 17m3.950s sys 0m7.130s root@qemumips:~# time smart query groff Loading cache... Updating cache... ...[snip]... groff-1.20.1-r2@mips32 real 1m42.839s user 1m41.070s sys 0m1.410s root@qemumips:~# time smart install groff -y Loading cache... Updating cache... ...[snip]... real 2m26.322s user 2m20.050s sys 0m3.600s root@qemumips:~# ############# On qemuarm: ############## root@qemuarm:~# time smart Usage: smart command [options] [arguments] ...[snip]... real 0m1.379s user 0m1.020s sys 0m0.280s root@qemuarm:~# time smart update --help Usage: smart update [options] [channelalias] ... ...[snip]... real 0m1.774s user 0m1.360s sys 0m0.380s root@qemuarm:~# time smart query busybox Updating cache... ...[snip]... real 0m10.126s user 0m7.820s sys 0m1.360s root@qemuarm:~# time smart channel --add myrpmmd type=rpm-md baseurl=http://192.168.7.1/rpmrepo/qemuarm -y real 0m2.503s user 0m1.850s sys 0m0.620s root@qemuarm:~# time smart update Loading cache... Updating cache... ...[snip]... Channels have 9453 new packages. Saving cache... real 4m3.461s user 3m49.290s sys 0m10.210s root@qemuarm:~# time smart query groff Loading cache... Updating cache... ...[snip]... groff-1.20.1-r2@armv5te real 0m22.119s user 0m20.060s sys 0m1.980s root@qemuarm:~# time smart install groff -y Loading cache... Updating cache... ...[snip]... real 0m34.861s user 0m28.300s sys 0m4.660s root@qemuarm:~# ################## 31827 1 bluelightning 2013-04-10 14:54:02 +0000 The question is, is this poor performance only with smart or with other applications as well? 31922 2 richard.purdie 2013-04-11 11:42:23 +0000 Please retest this after the recent kernel changes for the release, it could well be better now qemumips is working properly. 32332 3 ke.zou 2013-04-18 06:09:43 +0000 The problem still exists in 20130411 build Image location: http://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/pub/nightly/20130411-3 poky dylan:dab237bc6a7679dfeaa981c14736aedc7b04ecb9 qemumips sato log: smart add channel: Alias: 05-14-27 Type: rpm-md Base URL: http://192.168.7.1/rpmrepo/qemumips Include this channel? (y/N): y real 0m33.734s user 0m13.460s sys 0m1.330s smart update: real 18m36.711s user 17m41.250s sys 0m10.210s smart install mc real 3m23.976s user 2m24.560s sys 0m9.790s qemumips sato_sdk log: smart add channel: Alias: 05-41-05 Type: rpm-md Base URL: http://192.168.7.1/rpmrepo/qemumips Include this channel? (y/N): y real 0m39.662s user 0m13.250s sys 0m1.290s smart update: real 15m56.747s user 15m24.450s sys 0m8.980s smart install mc real 3m37.884s user 2m49.870s sys 0m10.600s Comparing to qemuarm: add rpm-md channel: Base URL: http://192.168.7.1/rpmrepo/qemuarm Include this channel? (y/N): y real 0m12.767s user 0m4.830s sys 0m1.290s smart update: real 4m3.139s user 3m38.050s sys 0m10.350s smart install mc: real 1m25.840s user 0m38.280s sys 0m11.360s 47715 4 bluelightning 2015-01-02 18:11:23 +0000 I've looked at this again finally; everything I can determine suggests that this is simply about the speed of emulation of qemumips rather than anything specific to do with smart. I don't think there's much I can do about this, therefore I'm marking this as WONTFIX.