From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 16 10:55:00 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EA53106566B; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:55:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from asmrookie@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f42.google.com (mail-ww0-f42.google.com [74.125.82.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62C2A8FC1A; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:54:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbds13 with SMTP id ds13so2866781wgb.1 for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:54:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=XyEIxMMq4/9l31BQXKMWLuyKLUZiqoXczwT5f7NDMno=; b=s67ButLlyjpBdJwR5ttaf2OHIVq7EQWEGzQavWNOJ4GZHm72+SeTTVSnnkmhC9ejV5 E0DNl11XJyHwxn9Sn7ElEAGLAcVZtDLxYp+IDSG8OIJpfUoTNbZNtspTwsdR8g9V6k17 9oKlUxCrt/xqvDWZFv4Fy6iIZENzGGgLYTbyw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.74.211 with SMTP id w19mr11794028wiv.7.1324032896461; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:54:56 -0800 (PST) Sender: asmrookie@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.171.8 with HTTP; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:54:55 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4EE1EAFE.3070408@m5p.com> <4EE2AE64.9060802@m5p.com> <4EE88343.2050302@m5p.com> <4EE933C6.4020209@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20111215024249.GA13557@icarus.home.lan> <4EE9A2A0.80607@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:54:55 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: KA3O_OU4bWP9K1T7FdTNQyuu6uY Message-ID: From: Attilio Rao To: Arnaud Lacombe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List , freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, Current FreeBSD , "O. Hartmann" , Jeremy Chadwick Subject: Re: Benchmark (Phoronix): FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 vs. Oracle Linux 6.1 Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:55:00 -0000 2011/12/16 Arnaud Lacombe : > Hi, > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 2:32 AM, O. Hartmann > wrote: >> Just saw this shot benchmark on Phoronix dot com today: >> >> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=3Dnews_item&px=3DMTAyNzA >> > it might be worth highlighting that despite Oracle Linux 6.1 Server is > using a kernel + compiler almost 2 years old, it still manages to > out-perform the bleeding edge FreeBSD :-) > > Now, from what I've read so far in this thread, it seems that a lot of > people are still in abnegation... > > my 0.2c, > =C2=A0- Arnaud Said by someone which really thinks passing __FILE__ and __LINE__ to kernel function is going to give a mesaurable performance penalty is really hilarious however :) It is crystal clear you really don't understand how to make reliable benchmarks (and likely you don't really have a grasp of nowaday's machine contention points), so why you keep talking about it? It would be more valuable for you and whatever project you follow if you spend your time coding and making real benchmarking. Attilio --=20 Peace can only be achieved by understanding - A. Einstein