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Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:37:24 +0100
From: Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com>
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Subject: Re: VM tests on 5 recent kernels
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On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 02:15:13 -0500
rwhron@earthlink.net wrote:

> 
> 5 recent kernels:
> 
> mtest01		Averages for 10 mtest01 runs
> -------
> mtest01 allocates and writes to 80% of virtual memory.
> Listen to mp3 sampled at 128k.
> 
> mp3 on 2.4.16 skipped more than 2.4.15-pre6.
> 2.4.15-pre6 and 2.5.1-pre1 did best.  (fastest time, highest mp3 play).  
> 2.4.16-vm is a patch from http://surriel.com/patches/ 

I am pretty astonished about the differences between 2.4.16 and 2.5.1-pre1. Can
anybody point out some relevant difference between the two regarding such a
test case?

Regards,
Stephan

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