[SLUG] Linux on Via processors

From: Bill Glidden (bill@thegliddenfamily.com)
Date: Sun Dec 11 2005 - 12:22:22 EST


Hi,

I installed a Debian distro onto a PC that uses a Via C3 processor. The
application I am running behaves inconsistently in terms of performance on
this machine. The via is a 1 Ghz model, and compared to a 1 Ghz Athlon there
is no comparison.

For example, my application reads some data from a database and stores it in
a linked list. Each new item goes to the end of the list. The list has at
most 45 entries. On the Via system, it takes about 1 second to add an entry
to the end of this list. On the Athlon, you can't measure the time because
it happens so quickly. Both machines have the same amount of memory, 512mb.
The Athlon machine is running SuSE 9, but I don't see how that could cause
this sort of difference.

I'm open to ideas, suggestions, criticism, ridicule, and insult.

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