> Btw - recent measurements show a PPro-200 running Linux to RC5 faster
> than our brand new 270MHz Ultra 5 with Solaris. I'd like to attribute
> it to Linux, but suspect the full-speed large L2 of the Pro has
> something to do with it...
>
My CyrixP150+ running Debian-bo is 4x faster than a SPARC-2 running
SunOS-4.1.3 ewven with the Weitek CPU and SunOS is generally considered
to be faster than Solaris on these machines.
I have it running on a few unused SPARCs at work, the Intel boxes
beat them.
George Bonser
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