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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.sprintlink.net!helena.MT.net!nate From: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux Subject: Re: FreeBSD page better than Linux? Date: 7 Sep 1995 16:53:35 GMT Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations Lines: 24 Message-ID: <42n82f$sdv@helena.MT.net> References: <42cnbp$mit@blackice.winternet.com> <MICHAELV.95Sep5185933@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> <42lf6e$f17@helena.mt.net> <42mf8t$omd@gate.sinica.edu.tw> Reply-To: "Nate Williams" <nate@sneezy.sri.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.sri.mt.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:5836 comp.os.linux:58943 In article <42mf8t$omd@gate.sinica.edu.tw>, Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw> wrote: >In article <42lf6e$f17@helena.mt.net>, Nate Williams <nate@sneezy.sri.com> wrote: >> >>Note, BSD malloc is *extremely* fast, but for most PC systems memory is >>the main bottleneck, and not CPU speed. In the past malloc speed was >>critical, but IMHO this is no longer the case. > > Hrrrmmm... is this why the XFree86 3.1.2 server takes so much >longer to get to the window manager from xdm than 3.1.1? Uh, could be, but I doubt it. The easiest way to check this would be to use the LinkKit and build your own server to see if it makes a difference. Generally speaking, when you build your own kernel/X-Server, etc., things tend to go faster since you lose the extra cruft. Nate -- nate@sneezy.sri.com | Research Engineer, SRI Intl. - Montana Operations nate@trout.sri.MT.net | Loving life in God's country, the great state of work #: (406) 449-7662 | Montana. Wanna go fly fishing? I don't charge or home #: (406) 443-7063 | feed you, but I do know the area pretty well.