From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: John <da_audiophile@yahoo.com>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Expand CPU compiler options
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 13:29:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121209122907.GD24106@liondog.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1355054935.13447.YahooMailNeo@web140004.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 04:08:55AM -0800, John wrote:
> While I agree that the differences as small - on the order of
> ms - they are not insignificant nor are they in the noise of the
> measurements.
Oh, maybe I wasn't clear - I wasn't talking about statistical
significance but rather about practical significance.
A minuscule speedup (a lot less than 1%) showing only in a *single*
workload so far and relevant only for a *very* *small* number of linux
users - only those who build their own kernels - is simply not worth
including in the kernel.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-09 12:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-05 22:09 [PATCH] Additional compiler optimization options John
2012-12-05 22:27 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-12-05 23:00 ` John
2012-12-05 23:08 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-12-08 12:13 ` [PATCH] Expand CPU compiler options John
2012-12-09 11:18 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-12-09 12:08 ` John
2012-12-09 12:29 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2012-12-09 12:59 ` John
2012-12-09 13:24 ` Borislav Petkov
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