Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 May 1999 12:34:24 +0530 (IST) | From | K K Biswas <> | Subject | Re: Mindcraft III |
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I DO NOT KNOW WHY YOU HAVE SENT THIS MESSAGE
On Wed, 5 May 1999, David Lang wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > however there is a third test as well that allows unrestricted updates. > > to summerize there can be three tests. > > 1. "mindcraft config" the config they receieved from their requests for > help after the first test. > > 2. "tuned config" config tuned by experts, but only using patches from > what they would consider an "official" site (I can't blame them for this, > for newcomers to linux it is sometimes very hard to find info, this is > almost a reasonable limit) > > 3. "optional config" unlimited tuning by experts (although limited to > patches available anywhere as of the start of the test, no writing new > code during the test) > > I think it will be very interesting to see the difference between the > three configs. > > David Lang > > > > On Wed, 5 May 1999, Matthew Hunter wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 08:08:55 -0400 > > From: Matthew Hunter <mhunter@andrew.cmu.edu> > > To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > > Subject: Re: Mindcraft III > > > > On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 04:34:08AM +0000, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > Mindcraft are not releasing the results of their > > > recent retest. They'll be running it a third time: > > > http://www.mindcraft.com/openbenchmark.html > > > > This is an interesting change of position. Perhaps they are really > > trying to be honest, since this report has been widely publicized and > > their reputation is at risk. However, reading their proposal, I notice > > a potential problem: they are limiting the patches that can be applied > > to the Linux system to those available from a limited list of sites > > within a limited timeframe. > > > > In short, if you want constant foo to have a known, non-default value, > > the typical way to do it would be to modify the code to change the > > constant, then recompile. It's a trivial change for anyone familiar > > with the system, but under the new rules, it doesn't seem like it would > > be allowed. Instead, you would have to find a publically-available > > patch and apply that. > > > > In effect, the result would not be "tuning", but instead something > > vaguely reminiscent of MS's service packs; "vaguely official updates > > only". > > > > The restriction is presumably intended to simulate a knowledgeable > > expert who doesn't want to make any "dangerous" changes, but then, > > changing certain constant values is not necessarily dangerous for a > > kernel expert; NT probably allows similar constants to be changed via > > the registry, thus giving NT an advantage (albeit possibly a minor one). > > > > If anyone is going to take them up on this one, the issue is probably > > worth clarifying. > > > > -- > > Matthew Hunter (mhunter@andrew.cmu.edu) > > Do not meddle in the affairs of sysadmins, for they are root, and > > merciless. > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > > "If users are made to understand that the system administrator's job is to > make computers run, and not to make them happy, they can, in fact, be made > happy most of the time. If users are allowed to believe that the system > administrator's job is to make them happy, they can, in fact, never be made > happy." > - -Paul Evans (as quoted by Barb Dijker in "Managing Support Staff", LISA '97) > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 > Charset: noconv > > iQEVAwUBNzBxrD7msCGEppcbAQFQYAf/bobJtp+QUCOJC4E5uhICcTIz9M3O5ATy > ylQedZw4Pq3p2wDl0VCA0XLyzlvxV1RPcqwxxm84gmKkM5b5bZTir3h30ARXC5pb > PhdsRBSRKM/Y8hV4CibN7HIF+3o+aIgSKfyPVPhbDbvRbiPecmfYb10o02hnlswk > L54DXnBJ4mjRHQEznea22M6hDDP/b94UXVCh+ErNw4QOC8He3Pvn7INxJBW/lSAv > WFT1NAuBtg1xT0UflkZzYtjuZ0bDsIaQp9PfA5n+n8aQk9caJ9M1kA1FjXdKo5ts > qnTh1V7HpaZywc9iH/kXcUegiPynJXAuAJ/mvUo/4YRXBut5kKjSDA== > =59Dx > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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