Thread: TiVo General TiVo Discussion Part 2
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Old 19-07-2011, 13:17   #4540
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Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
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Originally Posted by clinteastman View Post
That's not true, and even if they were using some funky kernel they could easily swap it out. It's the C+ code that sits behind the flash UI that is the problem and arrantly needs a re-write. My guess is that they will be updating the SD bits at the same time so not a small job.
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb...d.php?t=444083

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With the current 14.1c software, the HD interface is very sluggish as the reviews indicate. The second core of the Premiere's dual-core processor is currently disabled under Linux for stability reasons, as confirmed by a serial boot log. TiVo is working to address that. TiVo's Bob Poniatowski had this to say on March 31:

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Originally Posted by TiVoPony

Yes, the second core is not currently enabled. The software can take advantage of it, but it's not ready to release yet. Still, due to the architecture of that chip you don't get double the performance by enabling the second core, there are too many shared resources on the chip between the two cores. You do see a boost however.

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Pony
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They've been working on that since March last year.
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