Re: gnokii, Linux and irda

[Simon Huggins]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 09:33:32AM +0000, Simon Huggins wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 11:33:17PM +0100, Pawel Kot wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Simon Huggins wrote:
> > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 11:18:27PM +0100, Pawel Kot wrote:
> > > > Testing command was 'gnokii --getphonebook ME 1 end'.
> > > [..]
> > > > Model and connection                    | Avg time      | Max time
> > > > Nokia 6210      ------------------------+---------------+---------
> > > > model = AT/connection = irda            | 3min20s       | 3min47s
> > > > model = 6210/conection = irda           | 3min17s       | 3min24s
> > > > model = AT/connection = serial          | 39s           | 39s
> > > > model = 6210/connection = serial        | 19s           | 19s
> > > > ----------------------------------------+---------------+----
> > >
> > > I get 34s for a 6210 over IrDA with a IrDA attached to the IrDA header
> > > on my motherboard.
> > Is it Linux?
> Yup, 2.4.23.  (yes, yes, I know I should upgrade for security reasons).

> > > > Can anyone confirm that any other software performs much better
> > > > over infrared? Last Friday my friend was doing SonyEricsson t65i
> > > > backup over irda under XP and it was the hell slow either.
> > > This is with gnokii 4.3 and 169 entries doing
> > > /usr/bin/time gnokii --getphonebook ME 1 end.
> > What about newer gnokii version? Again, redirecting to /dev/null would
> > show better result.
> I can try one but I'm not at home at the moment and I've brought my
> phone with me unsurprisingly :)

> I'll try a more recent version.

Oops, I kept meaning to and only just got around to it.

My phonebook is now 174 entries and I get:
v0.4.3: average 36s
v0.6.0: average 35s

Only on four attempts and fairly rough and ready stats but I don't see
any real speed issue.  Certainly not as much as you did.

Simon.

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