[plug] Linux fails the high-end test

[Michael Hunt]

check out lwn.net for a detailed analysis of the test. I think it is the
same one.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-plug at linux.org.au [mailto:owner-plug at linux.org.au]On Behalf
> Of John Summerfield
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 April 1999 12:47
> To: plug at linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] Linux fails the high-end test
>
>
> > On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Bret Busby wrote:
> >
> > > I have not read the printed issue of the Australian, and the
> story is not i
> > n
> > > the online published set of stories.
> >
> > Its actually a good article. Pity about the headline, as is often true.
>
> I've seen claims that the Linux wasn't set up very well on the test
> system, that the test was paid-for by the Evil Empire...
>
>
> One thing I'm sure of: if the test wasn't done with a 2.2 kernel,
> it's not
> worth the paper it's written on.
>
>
> Some other information wasn;t entirely accurate: 2 Gb RAM may be
> the limit
> on Intel (I simply don't know), but on 64-bit platforms?
>
> --
> Cheers
> John Summerfield
> http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support.
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>