Messages in this thread | | | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Don't use dbench for benchmarks | Date | Mon, 28 Jan 2002 12:56:42 +0100 |
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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. 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.
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