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From: Shantanu Ghosh <shantanu_ghosh@yahoo.com>
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--- Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> wrote:

> Shantanu Ghosh wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am running FreeBSD 7.0 Beta1 and Linux FC6 on two identical
> pieces of
> > hardware - Dell poweredge with intel core2 duo. Each system has 4
> CPUs.
> > 
> > Now, in simple memory access operations, I see the freebsd system
> being
> > noticably slower than the linux system. A simple C program that
> copies
> > from one memory buffer to another, when executed in a loop executes
> > between 10-30% slower on freebsd, as compared to linux. The
> assembly
> > code of the program used for testing is identical in both the
> cases.
> 
> AMD64 or i386 mode?

Sorry, forgot to mention - amd64. Similarly, x86_64 in linux.

> 
> Do they also have the same amount of memory? How much?

Yes, 8gb each.

Regards,
Shantanu. 



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