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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 16:14:54 +0200
From: Rogier Wolff <R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl>
To: Rogier Wolff <R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl>
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Subject: Re: A simple request (was Re: boring BK stats)
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On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 04:08:28PM +0200, Rogier Wolff wrote:
> Jeff: 
> 
> The trick is that I would have hardlinked trees. Thus 
> 
> 	linux-2.2.18.clean/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c
> and
> 	linux-2.2.18.rio/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c
> 
> would have the same inode number, and diff wouldn't even bother to
> open the file.... 

FYI: 

Just tested the how long it takes to make a diff between my
2.2.18-clean tree and the 2.2.18.rio tree:

cold cache over NFS:     25 seconds
warm cache over NFS:     13 seconds
warm cache LOCAL disk:    0.34 seconds. 

					Roger. 

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