Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030361AbVIOHOF (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Sep 2005 03:14:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030437AbVIOHOF (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Sep 2005 03:14:05 -0400 Received: from embla.aitel.hist.no ([158.38.50.22]:15075 "HELO embla.aitel.hist.no") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1030361AbVIOHOC (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Sep 2005 03:14:02 -0400 Message-ID: <43291F77.6000505@aitel.hist.no> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:15:03 +0200 From: Helge Hafting User-Agent: Debian Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050602) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bill Davidsen CC: chriswhite@gentoo.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Quick update on latest Linux kernel performance References: <200509132132.j8DLWJg04553@unix-os.sc.intel.com> <200509141517.38985.chriswhite@gentoo.org> <43284B61.50509@tmr.com> In-Reply-To: <43284B61.50509@tmr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1402 Lines: 33 Bill Davidsen wrote: > Chris White wrote: [...] >> >> The benchmarks here have a slight flaw in that the main hardware >> components tested are not given. About the only thing I can see >> regarding these tests is what processor they run on. Displaying >> network performance tests without showing the network card or io >> tests without showing the disk controller seems rather odd. I guess >> it comes down to requesting a full hardware rundown. If this is >> displayed someplace on the site or elsewhere please provide the link. > > > Unless the hardware was changed, this is not particularly relevant. > It's good testing to change only one thing, so you know that's what > caused the change in results. The benchmarks surely says something about the kernel regardless of wether they specify hardware. But if you want performance regressions fixed, then the hardware list is necessary. It is interesting to know wether the test machine used SCSI or IDE for IO for example, for those systems get different patches. One may regress while another improves. Similiar for all the different network adapter drivers and so on. Helge Hafting - 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/