Subject: Re: NetBSD-1.4.2 kernel is slower than 1.4 and 1.4.1
To: Inaki Saez <jisaez@sfe.indra.es>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@jocelyn.rhein.de>
List: port-hp300
Date: 03/28/2000 21:48:00
On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 07:28:30PM +0200, Inaki Saez wrote:
> 
> I have tested netbsd 1.4.2 generic kernels for hp300 and amiga and
> compared the performance. I have found that 1.4.2 is slower than
> the previous 1.4.1 and 1.4 kernels.

What CPUs?

A change that might be related fixes a cache syncronization problem on 68040.
This might slow down certain operations, exec would be one of the victims.

Regards,
	-is