Kernel versions

Kernel versions

Figure 8 and Figure 9 show very little difference between a linux-2.4 series kernel, and linux-2.6.5 running on the Dell 2650 hardware. This is to be expected since the current driver implementations bypass many of the linux kernel subsystems.

**Figure 8:** Kernel 2.4 vs 2.6, small messages
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**Figure 9:** Kernel 2.4 vs 2.6, big messages
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Troy Benjegerdes 2004-05-04