Re: [PARPORT] Speed of ppa 1.40 driver

Riley Williams (rhw@bigfoot.com)
Fri, 6 Feb 1998 10:27:03 +0000 (GMT)

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Hi David.

>> Could you perform a test using:
>> "time dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/null count=20480"

> Shouldn't it be better to do:
> time sh -c "dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/null count=20480; sync"

The idea of sync'ing the bit bucket is an interesting one...

Best wishes from Riley.

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