Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Oct 2003 21:24:10 +0200 (MEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: Transparent compression in the FS |
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On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 21:03:35 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven said: > > - 1989: Amiga 500, 7.14 MHz 68000, expensive SCSI disk, 675 KB/s > > - 1992: Amiga 4000, 25 MHz 68040, IDE, 1.8 MB/s (SCSI with 5 MB/s should ha > ve > > been possible) > > - 1998: CHRP, 200 MHz 604e, UW-SCSI, 17 MB/s > > > > The third CPU is ca. 25 times faster than the second (both in BogoMIPS as > > kernel cross-compiles). The disk isn't 25 faster, though. > > % dc > 3 k 17 .675 / p > 25.185 > ^D > > Huh?
You're comparing the _third_ disk to the _first_. If you want to do that, please take note that the 68040 is a lot faster than the 68000, too.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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