> > effect on throughput.
>> but the RH9 kernel has HZ=1000 too, so that cant be it. And I'm not
> sure, but dont they also have preempt backported to their more recent
> RH9 kernels?
I don't think pre-empt backports ever made it into a 2.4 kernel for FC,
they just backported all the NPTL stuff..
Dave.
>> Really curious what the hell it is that makes gentoo faster, having a
> "slow" machine myself.
>> regards,
>
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