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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!gateway.dircsa.org.au!cleese.apana.org.au!apanix.apana.org.au!miff From: miff@apanix.apana.org.au (Michael Smith) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Final word on 1.1.5.1 and Dhrystone. (was re: <blah>) Date: 7 Aug 94 06:56:24 GMT Organization: Apanix Public Access Unix, +61 8 373 5485 (5 lines) Lines: 19 Message-ID: <miff.776242584@apanix.apana.org.au> References: <MARK.1057.2E352DF5@novell.business.uwo.ca> <3170dq$1ko@ug1.plk.af.mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: seldon.apanix.apana.org.au The deal with the dhrystone change is simple : in 1.1 and lower, HZ was 60, which is fairly normal for *nix systems. With 1.1.5.1 it was changed to 128 (as told to me by newton@cleese). As previously reported, some versions of Dhrystone assume HZ is 60, others make no assumption and require you to specify a value. Dhrystone 2.1 allows you to do this by specifying a definition of HZ when you compile, ie -DHZ=60 or -DHZ=128 as appropriate. Application speed does not appear to have changed significantly between the two versions 8). -- # mike smith : miff@apanix.apana.org.au - Silicon grease monkey # # "The question 'why are the fundamental laws of nature mathematical' # # then invites the trivial response 'because we define as fundamental # # those laws which are mathematical'". Paul Davies, _The_Mind_of_God_. #