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Andi Kleen writes:

 > AFAIK it wasn't removed because the "extreme routing" people
 > like Jamal and Robert O. still saw small advantages, but it's 
 > probably worth rebenchmarking.

 :-)
 Do we need a test run without Manfreds (soon coming) magazine patch too?

 Cheers.

						--ro