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On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 22:28:19 +0200
Anthony Atkielski wrote:

> dick hoogendijk writes:
> 
> > I build a kernel with devoce_polling and hz=1000 and experimented a
> > bit. Using "netstat -w 1" I see a drop in performance. In/output is
> > about 20% higher if polling is disabled. That was not what I
> > expexted. I really thought polling would be better. I use cheap rl
> > (realtec 8139) cards.
> 
> How fast is the processor on your system?

Not fast.. rather slow ;-) It's a duron-800 ; 512Mb memory
Why?

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