> For egcs compiler, you need to compile with -mpentiumpro switch on
> Pentium II machines. Binaries compiled with -m386 or -m486 switch will
> run slower than binaries compiled with gcc!
Thanks very much for your advice. With the right compiler
flags, I can get gzip back up to the speed it had in 5.2,
although gunzip is still about 15% slower.
> And no, the issue is not kernel related.
Well, yes, the speed of gzip/gunzip is not kernel-related,
but the apparent inability of 2.2.5 to effectively
parallelize "cmd1 | cmd2" most certainly is kernel-related.
Sorry to bang on about this.
Regards,
Alan
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Dr Alan Watson
Instituto de Astronom�a UNAM
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