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AMRivlin
Mar 20, 2013Apprentice
OS6 now works on x86 Legacy WARNING: NO NTGR SUPPORT!
Update: It is now unofficially possible using NTGR images to update legacy hardware to os6.X See Post #3, for directions to install 6.2.1 on x86 Ultra and Pro Models. (ARM NOT SUPPORTED by this OS) ...
- Jan 21, 2016
mdgm and I have decided that its time to lock this thread. So please do post any new OS6 on Legacy issues on their own threads.
Skywalker
Aug 09, 2013NETGEAR Expert
DariusSki wrote: 1) I don't seem to be able to stop the NAS from "calling" home, i ran apt-get purge on some packages as recommended earlier in this thread, but i still get this:
root@poligonas:~# netstat -tan
tcp 0 0 192.168.1.72:35191 206.16.42.179:443 ESTABLISHED
Anyone got clue how to get rid of this stuff?
Which process is it?
# apt-get purge busybox-net-tools
# apt-get install net-tools
# netstat -tanp
DariusSki wrote: 2) Power efficiency of OS6, it just seems to be chewing a few watts more than 4.2.24. While i don't really care about disk turning off, i decided to dig deeper and didn't like what i've found:
...
Question is - can we get rid of all this madness? I can't dig deeper without gdb and powertop, but maybe some Jedi will have a clue wth is going on with those 8 threads?
Yes, you should find that the next release behaves much better in this regard. We should have a beta very soon.
DariusSki wrote: 3) Anyone got idea why Netgear is using acpi_idle instead of intel_idle? while both are using mwait in idle, intel_idle can go deeper. I wonder if anyone tested custom kernel with intel_idle, is it working?
Just a simple oversight. intel_idle will be enabled in the next release as well.
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