Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 16 Sep 2002 02:14:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 16 Sep 2002 02:14:23 -0400 Received: from c16598.thoms1.vic.optusnet.com.au ([210.49.243.217]:42172 "HELO pc.kolivas.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 16 Sep 2002 02:14:22 -0400 Message-ID: <1032157154.3d8577e224791@kolivas.net> Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 16:19:14 +1000 From: Con Kolivas To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: System response benchmarks in performance patches MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1104 Lines: 31 Hi Bill Quoting Bill Davidsen : > On Sat, 14 Sep 2002, Con Kolivas wrote: > > > > > I came up with a very simple way of measuring responsiveness that gives > me > > numbers that are meaningful to me. What I've done is the old faithful > kernel > > compile and measured it under different loads to simulate the pc's ability > to > > perform under various loads. I have so far benchmarked 2.4.19 versus > 2.4.19-ck7, > > 2.4.19-ck7-rmap and 2.4.18-6mdk(mandrake's kernel in 8.2). 2.5.34 has a > dead > > keyboard for me so I'm unable to test it as yet. > > If that's a real kernel compile in <2 minutes I'm impressed! If you look at my README in the tarball you'll see that I suggest using a minimal kernel config (ie almost nothing enabled) and include just such a .config. So, yes, it is a real kernel compile on a 1133Mhz pIII. Con. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/