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From: Craig Johnston <caj@lfn.org>
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Subject: bzero bandwidth computation
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>From a boot -v on my Thinkpad 560E running -current
(GenuineIntel 166MMX pentium):

i586_bzero() bandwidth = 173130193 bytes/sec
bzero() bandwidth = 688705234 bytes/sec    (!!!)

Hrm, a bit fishy eh?

This has the undesireable effect of causing the machine not to use
the optimized routines.

Anyone else getting crazy numbers like this?

-Craig


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