Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 12 Dec 2000 05:40:56 +0100 (CET) | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Subject | Re: UP 2.2.18 makes kernels 3% faster than UP 2.4.0-test12 |
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On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Steven Cole wrote:
> I have a SMP (dual P-III 733Mhz) machine at work, but it will be > unavailable for testing for a few more days. I suspect that 2.4.0-test12 > will do better than 2.2.18 with 2 CPUs. I'll know in a few days. > > Building kernels is something we do so frequently and this test is so easy > to reproduce is why I performed it in the first place. I think it may be as > good a test of real performance as some of the more formal benchmarks. > Comments anyone?
I think it's better with -j. Do it with -jN where N is small enough to keep the box away from swap, and then repeat with N large enough to swap modestly (not too heavily or you're only testing disk MTBF:).
-Mike
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