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@@ -61,24 +61,26 @@ Version 2.1
Missing a better place here are some numbers on improvements. Under
Linux 2.1.125 un-tar-ing the kernel sources takes
- user system wall
+ user system wall
- using local files 12.19s 6.88s 22.91s
+ using local files 12.19s 6.88s 22.91s
- using NIS 13.92s 8.91s 26.34s
+ using NIS 13.92s 8.91s 26.34s
- using NIS & nscd 10.37s 7.34s 25.30s
+ using NIS & nscd 10.37s 7.34s 25.30s
- using NIS & old nscd [1] 13.83s 8.32s 29.60s
+ using NIS+ 27.57s 30.37s 640.46s
+
+ using NIS+ & nscd 10.25s 7.83s 26.51s
+
+ using NIS & old nscd [1] 13.83s 8.32s 29.60s
- When NIS+ is used instead of NIS the benefit from using nscd is much bigger.
Keep in mind that non-namelookup related operations dominate above times.
It was just a common complain that using NIS+ unpacking the kernel is
- horribly slow. When using nscd unpacking is now even faster than using
- NIS.
+ horribly slow.
- [1] The old nscd implementation is not anymore available since it was
- distributed with glibc up to version 2.0.98.
+ [1] The old nscd implementation is not available anymore since it was
+ distributed with glibc up to version 2.0.98 and thus is now replaced.
* Tim Waugh provided an implementation of the POSIX.2 wordexp function family.