On Sun, 31 Aug 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > From: Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Tommy Lakofski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 12:12:23 -0400 (EDT) > Subject: Re: [OFF-TOPIC] RC5 challenge and linux > > I just installed rc5 on my machine (Cyrix 6x86 166+, 64 EDO, perm > connection)... what should my settings be? I'm running a internet server > as well, so I don't want to give all my cpu cycles away. > > My id should be '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' right? > > Also, where are the rankings posted? > > -Paul
Looks like you've got it all right already with the defaults and the id set as '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. It'll run with a nicelevel of 19, so any process with a higher priority will take precedence over it -- ie every other process in your system. I've run the client for the last four days with no detrimental effects upon my machine's performance... although I guess there's probably a minor slowdown (a couple percent) given the extra context switching the kernel has to do (although this is only a guess... I'm no expert on how the kernel does its tasking). I just checked and there's 6x86 optimized code you can select when you configure the client. I think it's option 3... but autodetect would probably autodetect it. Looks like the 6x86 will run faster than the Pentium, too, because it's optimized for integer calculations, which the rc5 client uses exclusively. Rankings are at http://rc5stats.distributed.net/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
