Re: Linux-asm (was A patch for linux 2.1.127)

Ragnar Hojland Espinosa (ragnar@redestb.es)
Sun, 15 Nov 1998 20:27:29 +0100 (CET)

> produce a speed increase of at least a factor of 50% _overall_ (_all_ the
> kernel) before it gets allowed in. 30% faster cuts no ice with me. Machines
> run 30% faster every two months, practically.

18 * 30 / 100 = 5.4 months, actually.. :)

I have to agree with you there, except for little snippets of code. If
you can get a localized 30% speed improvement here, and another 30% there,
you end up with a faster kernel without trading in kernel "openness" since
all the changes are well encapsulated.. IMHO, of course.

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