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Old 03-10-2011, 12:58 PM   #21
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igorsk,

in a perfect world where all code is flawless, I'd agree with you -- but I know better.

I've seen in my career where a driver NOT loaded slowed or stalled other processes. Usually these are the obvious bugs -- rarely make it past unit test and never past an integrated test -- but there could be a very subtle bug that costs an extra few microseconds every call that could add up to a tiny, tiny lag. it would be hard to see it without comparing "with" and "without" the driver active.

I agree with your assessment that the symptoms don't make sense, but cwappy seems to have done all due diligence. As a devout empiricist, I firmly believe when a test is correctly executed then the test isn't wrong because the results don't match the theory.
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