Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 29 Sep 2002 12:21:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 29 Sep 2002 12:21:05 -0400 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:46538 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 29 Sep 2002 12:21:04 -0400 Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 18:26:28 +0200 From: bert hubert To: Lorenzo Allegrucci Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: qsbench, interesting results Message-ID: <20020929162627.GA1270@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Lorenzo Allegrucci , Linux Kernel References: <200209291615.24158.l.allegrucci@tiscalinet.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200209291615.24158.l.allegrucci@tiscalinet.it> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1106 Lines: 29 On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 04:15:24PM +0200, Lorenzo Allegrucci wrote: > > qsbench is a VM benchmark based on sorting a large array > by quick sort. > http://web.tiscali.it/allegrucci/qsbench-1.0.0.tar.gz > > Below are some results of qsbench sorting a 350Mb array > on a 256+400Mb RAM+swap machine. > Tested kernels: 2.4.19, 2.5.38 and 2.5.39 > All runs made with the same default seed, to compare > apples with apples :) Check if the seed is really identical. Furthermore, can you check how much lowmem is actually available according to the dmesg output? It may be that your graphics adaptor is using ram in one kernel but not in another. Regards, bert -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Versatile DNS Software & Services http://www.tk the dot in .tk http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO - 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/