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> > > make -k world 7595.59s user 1843.94s system 87% cpu 3:00:48.28 total
> > > make -k world 5982.25s user 1636.02s system 87% cpu 2:24:21.88 total
> > Wouldn't this be because of the larger L1 cache? If memory
> > serves, L1 cache was increased from 16K to 32K...
> 
> yes, but still i didnt expect the difference to be about 21% for user and 17%
> for total time...
> 
> 
> mickey

Hmm, I don't know.  I heard reports that a PP150 w/ 512k cache was
almost as good as a PP200 2/ 256k.
-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
      <http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....