I am reading this list from the usenet newsgroup (linux.dev.kernel).
My last message (about 1.3.9) was never sent back to me. If it was not
successfully distributed, let me know and I will post it again (the
one about 1.3.8 reached me some 3 or 4 days later...)
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From:
* Linux pimpinel.fluido.org 1.3.9 #17 Tue Jul 11 20:15:53 MET DST 1995 i486
* Tue Jul 11 21:09:12 MET DST 1995
To:
* Linux pimpinel.fluido.org 1.3.10 #20 Thu Jul 13 20:58:09 MET DST 1995 i486
* Thu Jul 13 23:00:34 MET DST 1995
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Results
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Process Creation Test || 127.0 -> 139.0 +9.45%
File Write (10 seconds) || 9230.0 -> 9440.0 +2.28%
Recursion Test--Tower of Hanoi || 715.4 -> 723.1 +1.08%
Dhrystone 2 without register variables || 49313.1 -> 49789.8 +0.97%
File Copy (30 seconds) || 1118.0 -> 1126.0 +0.72%
File Copy (10 seconds) || 1222.0 -> 1228.0 +0.49%
System Call Overhead Test || 30699.0 -> 30830.2 +0.43%
File Read (10 seconds) || 93552.0 -> 93791.0 +0.26%
Arithmetic Test (type = short) || 7497.9 -> 7500.9 +0.04%
Arithmetic Test (type = double) || 5058.7 -> 5059.8 +0.02%
Arithmetic Test (type = int) || 8357.9 -> 8359.1 +0.01%
Arithmetic Test (type = float) || 5059.2 -> 5059.6 +0.01%
Arithmetic Test (type = arithoh) || 126995.8 -> 126997.8 +0.00%
Shell scripts (8 concurrent) || 11.0 -> 11.0 +0.00%
Arithmetic Test (type = register) || 8358.1 -> 8347.6 -0.13%
Arithmetic Test (type = long) || 8357.9 -> 8340.3 -0.21%
Dhrystone 2 using register variables || 49902.6 -> 49723.4 -0.36%
C Compiler Test || 45.7 -> 45.5 -0.44%
Pipe-based Context Switching Test || 3022.4 -> 3007.4 -0.50%
Dc: sqrt(2) to 99 decimal places || 5870.9 -> 5841.2 -0.51%
File Write (30 seconds) || 9533.0 -> 9453.0 -0.84%
Shell scripts (2 concurrent) || 45.0 -> 44.6 -0.89%
Shell scripts (1 concurrent) || 85.6 -> 84.8 -0.93%
Execl Throughput Test || 61.6 -> 60.9 -1.14%
File Read (30 seconds) || 97724.0 -> 96174.0 -1.59%
Pipe Throughput Test || 18902.8 -> 18574.4 -1.74%
Shell scripts (4 concurrent) || 22.8 -> 22.2 -2.63%
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From:
* Linux pimpinel.fluido.org 1.2.10 #59 Tue Jun 13 09:46:17 MET DST 1995 i486
* Tue Jun 27 10:18:13 MET DST 1995
To:
* Linux pimpinel.fluido.org 1.3.10 #20 Thu Jul 13 20:58:09 MET DST 1995 i486
* Thu Jul 13 23:00:34 MET DST 1995
*******
Results
*******
Execl Throughput Test || 51.6 -> 60.9 +18.02%
File Write (10 seconds) || 8100.0 -> 9440.0 +16.54%
Process Creation Test || 119.9 -> 139.0 +15.93%
Shell scripts (8 concurrent) || 10.0 -> 11.0 +10.00%
Shell scripts (2 concurrent) || 41.0 -> 44.6 +8.78%
Shell scripts (1 concurrent) || 78.3 -> 84.8 +8.30%
C Compiler Test || 42.2 -> 45.5 +7.82%
Dhrystone 2 without register variables || 46284.2 -> 49789.8 +7.57%
File Copy (30 seconds) || 1054.0 -> 1126.0 +6.83%
File Write (30 seconds) || 8911.0 -> 9453.0 +6.08%
Shell scripts (4 concurrent) || 21.0 -> 22.2 +5.71%
System Call Overhead Test || 29238.2 -> 30830.2 +5.44%
File Copy (10 seconds) || 1180.0 -> 1228.0 +4.07%
File Read (30 seconds) || 93460.0 -> 96174.0 +2.90%
Recursion Test--Tower of Hanoi || 709.2 -> 723.1 +1.96%
File Read (10 seconds) || 92743.0 -> 93791.0 +1.13%
Pipe Throughput Test || 18512.0 -> 18574.4 +0.34%
Arithmetic Test (type = float) || 5055.6 -> 5059.6 +0.08%
Arithmetic Test (type = int) || 8353.4 -> 8359.1 +0.07%
Arithmetic Test (type = arithoh) || 126914.4 -> 126997.8 +0.07%
Arithmetic Test (type = short) || 7496.0 -> 7500.9 +0.07%
Arithmetic Test (type = double) || 5056.8 -> 5059.8 +0.06%
Arithmetic Test (type = register) || 8353.2 -> 8347.6 -0.07%
Arithmetic Test (type = long) || 8353.5 -> 8340.3 -0.16%
Dhrystone 2 using register variables || 49802.4 -> 49723.4 -0.16%
Dc: sqrt(2) to 99 decimal places || 5906.2 -> 5841.2 -1.10%
Pipe-based Context Switching Test || 3446.9 -> 3007.4 -12.75%
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Enjoy!
Carlo
-- * ...Ma appena fuori tutto e' gomma, * K * Carlo E. Prelz - fluido@telepac.pt tutto e' cicca impiastricciata... * (Marco Zappa-Niente cicca nella scuola)