From: "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@timpanogas.org>
To: mingo@elte.hu
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.2.18Pre Lan Performance Rocks!
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 15:47:56 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <39FF4C1C.E16A0669@timpanogas.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011010040030.17233-100000@elte.hu>
Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
>
> > A "context" is usually assued to be a "stack". [...]
>
> a very clintonesque definition indeed ;-)
>
> what is relevant is the latency to switch from one process to another one.
> And this is what we call a context switch. It includes scheduling
> decisions and all sorts of other stuff. You are comparing stack &
> caller-saved register switching performance (which is just a small part of
> context switching and has no standing alone) against full Linux context
> switch performance (this is what i quoted), and thus you have won my
> 'Mindcraft benchmark of the day' award :-)
Ingo,
It kicks Linux's but in LAN I/O scaling. It would be nice for Linux to
have an incarnation that's competitive. The only reason people are
still buying NetWare is because nothing out there has come along to
replace it. That is going to change...
Jeff
>
> Ingo
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2000-10-29 23:19 2.2.18Pre Lan Performance Rocks! Jeff V. Merkey
[not found] ` <E13q2R7-0006S7-00@the-village.bc.nu>
2000-10-30 1:35 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 6:47 ` Andi Kleen
2000-10-30 6:58 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 7:08 ` Andi Kleen
2000-10-30 7:16 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 7:38 ` Andi Kleen
2000-10-30 8:04 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 8:16 ` Andi Kleen
2000-10-30 12:47 ` Alan Cox
2000-10-30 12:50 ` Andi Kleen
2000-10-30 8:26 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 7:20 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 8:39 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 8:08 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 9:52 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 8:55 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 10:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 9:11 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 10:41 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 9:33 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 10:56 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 9:45 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 11:04 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 9:56 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 11:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 10:08 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 17:41 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-10-30 17:58 ` Chris Evans
2000-10-30 18:01 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 18:21 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-10-30 17:59 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 8:08 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 20:04 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 19:11 ` Dan Hollis
2000-10-31 18:59 ` Pavel Machek
2000-10-30 10:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 9:20 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 10:44 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 9:38 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 11:01 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 9:54 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 11:12 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 10:06 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 10:56 ` john slee
2000-10-30 18:04 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 11:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 12:57 ` Alan Cox
2000-10-30 17:55 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 18:34 ` Alan Cox
2000-10-30 21:17 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 9:25 ` Erik Andersen
2000-10-31 18:50 ` Pavel Machek
2000-10-31 20:06 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 20:13 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 21:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 21:56 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 21:57 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 0:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 23:18 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 0:47 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-11-01 0:56 ` Davide Libenzi
[not found] ` <20001102031546.B10806@cerebro.laendle>
[not found] ` <20001101212835.A2425@vger.timpanogas.org>
[not found] ` <20001102043332.A27126@fuji.laendle>
[not found] ` <3A0195DA.DDEBAC51@timpanogas.org>
[not found] ` <20001102194323.D2790@cerebro.laendle>
[not found] ` <3A01CBB5.48C3094A@timpanogas.org>
[not found] ` <20001102214903.F2790@cerebro.laendle>
[not found] ` <3A01E71A.778BD898@timpanogas.org>
[not found] ` <20001102232210.H2790@cerebro.laendle>
[not found] ` <3A01ECD2.76DE10FF@timpanogas.org>
2000-11-02 22:46 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-03 0:12 ` Davide Libenzi
2000-11-02 23:00 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 21:34 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 21:52 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 22:05 ` Andi Kleen
2000-10-31 22:23 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 22:45 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 22:44 ` David Lang
2000-10-31 22:57 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 22:52 ` David Lang
2000-10-31 23:02 ` Alan Cox
2000-10-31 23:03 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 0:08 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 22:59 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 2:30 ` Horst von Brand
2000-10-31 23:05 ` Richard B. Johnson
2000-10-31 23:14 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 0:32 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 23:23 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 0:55 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 23:54 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 22:47 ` Jeff V. Merkey [this message]
2000-10-31 22:56 ` Larry McVoy
2000-10-31 22:55 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 0:10 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-11-01 5:38 ` Daniel Phillips
2000-11-03 6:42 ` Daniel Phillips
2000-10-31 22:59 ` Michael H. Warfield
2000-10-31 23:12 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 22:28 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 5:01 ` Peter Samuelson
2000-11-01 5:09 ` Larry McVoy
2000-11-01 5:20 ` Peter Samuelson
2000-10-30 10:50 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 9:40 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 23:26 ` David Woodhouse
2000-10-30 23:49 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 23:34 ` Roger Larsson
2000-10-31 15:18 ` Reto Baettig
2000-10-31 20:26 ` Alan Cox
2000-10-31 15:30 ` Reto Baettig
2000-10-31 20:37 ` Alan Cox
2000-10-31 20:48 ` Jesse Pollard
2000-10-31 20:58 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-01 1:33 ` Horst von Brand
2000-11-01 3:42 ` Jesse Pollard
2000-11-01 13:26 ` Horst von Brand
2000-10-31 21:43 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 21:50 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 20:36 ` Rik van Riel
2000-10-31 15:47 ` Reto Baettig
2000-10-31 21:05 ` Rik van Riel
2000-10-31 21:33 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 21:48 ` Rik van Riel
2000-10-31 16:54 ` Reto Baettig
2000-10-31 21:58 ` Rik van Riel
2000-10-31 21:53 ` Jeff V. Merkey
[not found] <200010300823.BAA19834@vger.timpanogas.org>
2000-10-30 8:36 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 21:44 Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 21:36 ` Paul Menage
2000-10-31 21:44 ` David S. Miller
2000-10-31 23:21 ` Matti Aarnio
2000-10-31 23:39 ` David Weinehall
2000-10-31 22:05 ` Larry McVoy
2000-10-31 22:15 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 22:27 ` Larry McVoy
2000-10-31 22:38 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 22:48 ` Rik van Riel
2000-10-31 22:50 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 22:49 ` Larry McVoy
2000-10-31 22:53 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 23:15 ` Nathan Paul Simons
2000-10-31 23:20 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 0:00 ` Michael H. Warfield
2000-11-01 0:07 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-01 0:13 ` Michael H. Warfield
2000-11-01 1:30 ` Andrea Arcangeli
[not found] ` <20001031183809.C9733@.timpanogas.org>
2000-11-01 15:41 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-11-01 17:25 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 17:35 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 18:07 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-11-01 18:34 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 21:13 ` Daniel Phillips
2000-11-01 21:32 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 11:13 ` David Woodhouse
2000-11-01 15:00 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-11-01 9:51 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2000-11-01 17:28 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-02 21:58 ` Anton Altaparmakov
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