Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 15:58:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 15:58:40 -0400 Received: from to-velocet.redhat.com ([216.138.202.10]:16369 "EHLO touchme.toronto.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 15:58:39 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:04:50 -0400 From: Benjamin LaHaise To: Andrew Morton Cc: Steven Cole , Linux Kernel , Alan Cox Subject: Re: 2.5.44-[mm3, ac2] time to tar zxf kernel tarball compared forvarious fs. Message-ID: <20021023160450.E3750@redhat.com> References: <1035402133.13140.251.camel@spc9.esa.lanl.gov> <3DB6FF24.9B50A7C0@digeo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3DB6FF24.9B50A7C0@digeo.com>; from akpm@digeo.com on Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 12:57:24PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 883 Lines: 24 On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 12:57:24PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Steven Cole wrote: > > > > ext3 > > tar zxf linux-2.5.44.tar.gz 2.5.44-mm3 2.5.44-ac2 > > user 4.42 4.39 > > system 4.09 4.05 > > elapsed 00:53.17 00:34.05 > > % CPU 16 24 > > The smaller fifo_batch setting hurts when there are competing > reads and writes on the same disk. Is the ext2/3 allocation heuristic fix in yet? That might swing things around again too. -ben -- "Do you seek knowledge in time travel?" - 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/