Re: [PATCH] hashed device lookup (Does NOT meet Linus' sumissionpolicy!)

[Andi Kleen]

On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 11:24:41PM -0700, Ben Greear wrote:
> jamal wrote:
> > 
> 
> > Not to stray from the subject, Ben's effort is still needed. I think real
> > numbers are useful instead of claims like it "displayed faster"
> 
> A single #define near the top of the patch will turn it on/off, so
> benchmarking should be fairly easy.  Please suggest benchmarks you
> consider valid.

The only issue I know was the long delay in ifconfig.
If that's fixed I see nothing else that would be worth benchmarking. 

-Andi