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Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 12:50:49 +0000 (GMT)
From: Chris Evans <chris@scary.beasts.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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Subject: Re: test13-pre7...
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On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Steven Cole wrote:
> >
> > It looks like 2.4.0-test13-pre7 is a clear winner when running dbench 48
> > on my somewhat slow test machine (450 Mhz P-III, 192MB, IDE).
>
> This is almost certainly purely due to changing (some would say "fixing")
> the bdflush synchronous wait point.

Nice:)

Did Rik's drop_behind performance fix make it in or can we look forward to
another jump in the dbench benchmarks?

Cheers
Chris

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