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Patrick Mau wrote:
> Hallo,
> 
> these are LMbench results for 2.4.18 and 2.5.40 (two runs).
> All results where obtained in single-user mode after a fresh
> reboot.
> 
> 2.5.40 was compiled with CONFIG_PREEMPT=n.
> 
> Could someone explain the results I marked with '???' ?
> The ones under 'Local Communication Bandwidth'.


any chance you can run each set of tests three times?  (I know it takes 
longer, but it's better for statistical purposes...)