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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 07:45:44 -0800
From: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
To: Mike Hayward <hayward@loup.net>
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Subject: Re: Intel P6 vs P7 system call performance
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On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 01:30:28AM -0700, Mike Hayward wrote:
> Any ideas?  Not sure I want to upgrade to the P7 architecture if this
> is right, since for me system calls are probably more important than
> raw cpu computational power.

This is the same for me. I'm extremely uninterested in the P-IV for my
own use because of this.


Bill
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