Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 09:43:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 09:43:37 -0500 Received: from web9203.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.129.26]:55693 "HELO web9203.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 09:43:20 -0500 Message-ID: <20020128144319.67654.qmail@web9203.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 06:43:19 -0800 (PST) From: Alex Davis Subject: Re: Don't use dbench for benchmarks To: Daniel Phillips , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: 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 --- Daniel Phillips wrote: > On January 27, 2002 05:35 am, Alex Davis wrote: > > I ran dbench on three different kernels: 2.4.17 w/ rmap12a, 2.4.18pre7, and > > 2.4.18pre7 w/ rmap12a. 2.4.18pre7 had better throughput by a substantial > > margin. The results are at http://www.dynamicbullet.com/rmap.html > > I must be having a bad day, I can only think of irritable things to post. I don't consider this "irritable". > Continuing that theme: please don't use dbench for benchmarks. At all. > It's an unreliable indicator of anything in particular except perhaps > stability. Please, use something else for your benchmarks. What do you suggest as an acceptable benchmark??? > > -- > Daniel __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com - 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/