Linux syscall speed -- was X15 rootin-tootin webserver

Michael Rothwell (rothwell@holly-springs.nc.us)
02 May 2001 22:29:20 -0400

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According to tests performed at IBM:

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-rt1/

Linux's sycalls are a little more than twice as fast as those of Windows
2000. 0.75usec vs 2.0msec. Not too shabby. And this "magic page" idea
means it may get faster.

-M

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