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Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:44:57 -0800
From: Neil Schemenauer <nas@python.ca>
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Subject: 2.4.17-pre2, IO, and interactive performance
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When testing with "dd if=/dev/zero of=zero", 2.4.17-pre2 feels much
smoother than 2.4.16.  My hardware:

    AMD K7 1400 Mhz
    512 MB RAM
    VIA vt82c686b (rev 40) IDE UDMA100 controller
    20 GB IDE disk (IBM?, /proc/ide/had/model says IC35L020AVER07-0)

Cheers,

  Neil
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