| Date | Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:26:02 -0800 | From | William Lee Irwin III <> | Subject | Re: Minutes from Feb 21 LSE Call |
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On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 01:28:30PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: >> _If_ it harms performance on small boxes.
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 09:19:56PM -0800, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > You mean like the general slowdown from 2.4 - >2.5? > It seems to me for small boxes, 2.5.x is margianlly slower at most > things than 2.4.x. > I'm hoping and the code solidifes and things are tuned this gap will > go away and 2.5.x will inch ahead... hoping....
Could you help identify the regressions? Profiles? Workload?
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 01:28:30PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: >> The definitive Linux box appears to be $199 from Walmart right now, >> and its not SMP.
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 09:19:56PM -0800, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > In two year this kind of hardware probably will be SMP (HT or some
I'm a programmer not an economist (despite utility functions and Nash equilibria). Don't tell me what's definitive, give me some profiles.
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