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From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
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Subject: Re: Strange behavior: pgbench and new Linux kernels
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>>> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at  7:26 PM, Greg Smith wrote: 
 
> On this benchmark 2.6.25 is the worst kernel yet:
 
> It seems I have a lot of work ahead of me here
> to nail down and report what's going on here.
 
I don't remember seeing a follow-up on this issue from last year.
Are there still any particular kernels to avoid based on this?
 
Thanks,
 
-Kevin