From what I've heard, the xscale's performance is cripled if the OS is using the MMU. It appears that a good chunk of the problem is Intel's fault. You can see Alan Cox's comment about it on the linux kernel list: [link|http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=102919271317697&w=2| [link|http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel|http://marc.theaims...linux-kernel]&m=102919271317697&w=2]

David "LordBeatnik"