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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>)
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Subject: Re: 4.2 scheduler (and CPU utilization)
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Date: Tue, 10-Dec-85 10:15:08 EST
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It is, however, true that many of the 4.2BSD kernel
"efficiency" hacks win only if CPU cycles are cheap
and the system is fairly large.  On smaller systems,
good old Thompson & Ritchie UNIX may run better.