Re: Timings for optimised poll(2)

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
25 Aug 1997 07:32:50 GMT


Followup to: <19970825021047.27364.qmail@mail.ocs.com.au>
By author: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >
> >Without having access to any Pentium computer, I find it difficult
> >to believe that you got 1.5 us with your test program?! If you did,
> >could you give a point of view as to why you think the numbers are
> >so different?
>
> 386DX/40 ISA 27,700 us (2.0.30)
> 486DX2/66 ISA 12,000 us (2.0.30)
> P100 PCI 1,600 us (2.0.30)
> P166 (dual) PCI 1,300 us (2.1.51)
>
> Binary compiled with -O2 on P166, copied to other systems. Suspect
> cache effect.
>

Sounds like someone confused µs and ms... (1,500 µs == 1 ms)?

-hpa

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