Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Jan 2002 06:43:19 -0800 (PST) | From | Alex Davis <> | Subject | Re: Don't use dbench for benchmarks |
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--- Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net> wrote: > On January 27, 2002 05:35 am, Alex Davis wrote: > > I ran dbench on three different kernels: 2.4.17 w/ rmap12a, 2.4.18pre7, and > > 2.4.18pre7 w/ rmap12a. 2.4.18pre7 had better throughput by a substantial > > margin. The results are at http://www.dynamicbullet.com/rmap.html > > I must be having a bad day, I can only think of irritable things to post. I don't consider this "irritable". > Continuing that theme: please don't use dbench for benchmarks. At all. > It's an unreliable indicator of anything in particular except perhaps > stability. Please, use something else for your benchmarks. What do you suggest as an acceptable benchmark???
> > -- > Daniel
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