From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: wkt@tuhs.org (Warren Toomey) Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 21:44:18 +1000 Subject: [Unix-jun72] Why is V1 so slow? In-Reply-To: <20080505113632.GA85746@minnie.tuhs.org> References: <20080505045229.GA76763@minnie.tuhs.org> <20080505091011.GL7293@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20080505113632.GA85746@minnie.tuhs.org> Message-ID: <20080505114418.GA87292@minnie.tuhs.org> On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 09:36:32PM +1000, Warren Toomey wrote: > I think there are output delays in the kernel. There certainly were. I've svn committed a patch to remove these lines from u4.s, and that really speeds things up! Warren 1: cmp r1,$11 / char = ht bne 1f movb $15.,toutt+0 / set time out to 15 clock tics 1: cmp r1,$15 / char = cr bne 2f movb $15.,toutt+0 / set time out to 15 clock ticks