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Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 01:18:03 +1000 (EST)
From: James Morris <jmorris@intercode.com.au>
To: Kirk Reiser <kirk@braille.uwo.ca>
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Subject: Re: 2.5.xx kernels won't run on my Athlon boxes
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On 6 Sep 2002, Kirk Reiser wrote:

> I can't be the only person experiencing this.

I'm not sure if this is related, but I've noticed a major performance
issue starting in 2.5.32 (and still present in .33) on a dual celeron
system that has otherwise been working fine for a couple of years with all
kinds of bleeding edge kenels.  Some initial profiling output is showing
up to a factor of 10x the number of clock ticks and load for kernel
compiles and local copying of kernel trees.  hdparm -t is showing a 25%
decrease in throughput.  This is an IDE system with a PIIX4 controller.

If time permits, I'll do some more investigation.

- James
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James Morris
<jmorris@intercode.com.au>



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