Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030367AbWAHH3A (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jan 2006 02:29:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030369AbWAHH27 (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jan 2006 02:28:59 -0500 Received: from relay01.mail-hub.dodo.com.au ([203.220.32.149]:1002 "EHLO relay01.mail-hub.dodo.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030367AbWAHH27 (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jan 2006 02:28:59 -0500 From: Grant Coady To: Markus Rechberger Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Why is 2.4.32 four times faster than 2.6.14.6?? Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 18:28:53 +1100 Organization: http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/ Reply-To: gcoady@gmail.com Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2513 Lines: 48 On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 07:58:09 +0100, Markus Rechberger wrote: >Were there any other processes running during the test? box runs same config both kernels: the usual light load ~100% idle ;) >what does "vmstat 1" show up during the test? grant@deltree:~$ uname -r 2.6.14.6a grant@deltree:~$ vmstat 1 procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa [...] 0 0 0 63800 11520 32352 0 0 0 0 110 18 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 63800 11520 32352 0 0 0 0 106 17 1 0 99 0 3 0 0 63560 11520 32352 0 0 0 0 346 502 22 9 69 0 1 0 0 63560 11520 32352 0 0 0 0 1057 1987 59 41 0 0 1 0 0 63560 11520 32352 0 0 0 0 1062 2011 59 41 0 0 1 0 0 63560 11520 32352 0 0 0 0 1053 2001 50 50 0 0 1 0 0 63500 11596 32352 0 0 0 136 1054 1974 61 39 0 0 1 0 0 63500 11596 32352 0 0 0 0 1040 1978 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 63620 11596 32352 0 0 0 0 799 1425 45 27 29 0 0 0 0 63620 11596 32352 0 0 0 0 104 12 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 63620 11596 32352 0 0 0 0 103 10 0 0 100 0 grant@deltree:~$ uname -r 2.4.32-hf32.1 grant@deltree:~$ vmstat 1 procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa [...] 0 0 0 83192 6532 21404 0 0 0 0 104 12 0 1 99 0 0 0 0 83152 6572 21404 0 0 0 80 116 24 0 1 99 0 1 0 0 82952 6572 21404 0 0 0 0 168 130 6 5 89 0 2 0 0 82952 6572 21404 0 0 0 0 667 1019 65 35 0 0 0 0 0 83152 6572 21404 0 0 0 0 297 378 41 10 49 0 0 0 0 83152 6572 21404 0 0 0 0 104 9 0 1 99 0 0 0 0 83064 6656 21404 0 0 0 304 169 121 0 1 99 0 0 0 0 83064 6656 21404 0 0 0 0 137 42 0 2 98 0 -- Thanks, Grant. http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/ - 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/