Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261337AbVC3A4A (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:56:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261427AbVC3A4A (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:56:00 -0500 Received: from fire.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:30141 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261337AbVC3Az4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:55:56 -0500 Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:57:52 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: "Chen, Kenneth W" cc: "'Andrew Morton'" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: RE: Industry db benchmark result on recent 2.6 kernels In-Reply-To: <200503300046.j2U0keg03321@unix-os.sc.intel.com> Message-ID: References: <200503300046.j2U0keg03321@unix-os.sc.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 903 Lines: 24 On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Chen, Kenneth W wrote: > > Linus Torvalds wrote on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 4:00 PM > > The fact that it seems to fluctuate pretty wildly makes me wonder > > how stable the numbers are. > > I can't resist myself from bragging. The high point in the fluctuation > might be because someone is working hard trying to make 2.6 kernel run > faster. Hint hint hint ..... ;-) Heh. How do you explain the low-point? If there's somebody out there working hard on making it run slower, I want to whack the guy ;) Good luck with the million-dollar grants, btw. We're all rooting for you, and hope your manager is a total push-over. Linus - 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/