Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:24:24 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Danial Thom <danial_thom@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Freebsd Theme Song Message-ID: <20051210212424.GA80660@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20051210211418.26194.qmail@web33309.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20051210201601.GB79654@xor.obsecurity.org> <20051210211418.26194.qmail@web33309.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 01:14:18PM -0800, Danial Thom wrote:
> Well thats just hogwash Kris. Pure bridging
> performance is a measure of the efficiency of the
> kernel to do rote tasks like respond to
> interrupts, and the latencies in performing those
> tasks. Its the best way, IMO, to exercise and
> measure the efficiency of an isolated kernel. It
> requires no userland activity, so your results
> aren't muddled by millions of system calls. Its a
> way to compare apples to apples, which is how
> good testing is done.
>=20
> As long as you don't have your filesystem on a
> network, you're in good shape. But thats not even
> the point. The point is that the purpose of
> tearing apart 4.x was to go MP, and MP
> performance is dismill across the board.
This statement is simply false. It's actually quite funny to read.
For the readers at home: Denial is once again taking his narrow view
of the world ("everything about the OS is accurately measured by how
fast the kernel routes network packets!") and extrapolating it to
infinity, then jumping up and down about it.
Kris
--CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD)
iD8DBQFDm0eIWry0BWjoQKURAmFBAJwPgq/tJf9bo+W6ukG7ZwrVqOwxEQCeKZ1q
5ul6qMDoSgM0Bku2Mq02RZc=
=dkTN
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
--CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20051210212424.GA80660>