On Mar 14, 10:36pm, mhitch@lightning.msu.montana.edu ("Michael L. Hitch") wrote:
-- Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/pc532

| > On Mar 11, 2006, at 9:23 AM, Christos Zoulas wrote:
| >
| > > Ok, this just leaves the vax (not supporting syscall_intern()). Can
| > > someone step up to the plate and fix this?
| >
| > So, did anyone benchmark the VAX change?  Seems like there is a good
| > chance that it will be fair bit faster, since function calls are so
| > expensive on the VAX...
| 
| vlc$ /usr/pkg/bin/lmbench/lat_syscall null
| Simple syscall: 41.3667 microseconds
| 
| 
| vlc$ /usr/pkg/bin/lmbench/lat_syscall null
| Simple syscall: 29.8835 microseconds

Wow!

christos