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Subject: Re: lzo2 shows insane speed gap
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Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> <skipped>
>
> My best guess at this time is that lzo2 somehow manages to induce
> crazy cache thrashing on some CPU models.
>
> Ideas and explanations welcome.
>   

Did you ask the author? He might be the best person to ask.

Yuri