2.4.17-pre2, IO, and interactive performance

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Neil Schemenauer (nas@python.ca)
Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:44:57 -0800

When testing with "dd if=/dev/zero of=zero", 2.4.17-pre2 feels much
smoother than 2.4.16. My hardware:

AMD K7 1400 Mhz
512 MB RAM
VIA vt82c686b (rev 40) IDE UDMA100 controller
20 GB IDE disk (IBM?, /proc/ide/had/model says IC35L020AVER07-0)

Cheers,

Neil
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