From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265879AbUEUQ17 (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 May 2004 12:27:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265912AbUEUQ17 (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 May 2004 12:27:59 -0400 Received: from zeus.kernel.org ([204.152.189.113]:3057 "EHLO zeus.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265879AbUEUQ15 (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 May 2004 12:27:57 -0400 Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 11:39:06 -0700 From: cliff white To: john weber Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Performance Tuning Message-Id: <20040520113906.0e9f6fec.cliffw@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20040520120514.GA29540@sixbit.org> References: <20040520120514.GA29540@sixbit.org> Organization: OSDL X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.6 (GTK+ 1.2.9; i686-pc-linux-gnu) 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 On Thu, 20 May 2004 12:05:15 +0000 john weber wrote: > I've been comparing kernel compile stats online to those I get > on my own machine, and I am baffled. > > Kernel compiles take 6m38s on my P4 2.8GHz (with HT enabled) and > 512 MB RAM as compared to 20-30 seconds reported by folks online. > I am running kernel 2.6.6. > > While I understand that this varies with the config, I also don't > see why it should vary so much. Does anyone have any pointers on > how I could best troubleshoot my performance? That sounds about right for your hardware. As Valdis mentioned, 20 second compiles just don't happen on UP machines, at least not at that clock speed. cliffw > - > 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/ > -- The church is near, but the road is icy. The bar is far, but i will walk carefully. - Russian proverb