From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 20:38:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 20:38:47 -0400 Received: from cc361913-a.flrtn1.occa.home.com ([24.0.193.171]:34952 "EHLO mirai.cx") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 20:38:33 -0400 Message-ID: <3BAD2F22.6E151CBD@pobox.com> Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 17:38:58 -0700 From: J Sloan Organization: J S Concepts X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.10-pre14 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel CC: Robert Love Subject: Encouraging results from 2.4.10-pre14 + preempt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I am very encouraged by the latest linus kernel, and thought I'd pass this along - Platform info - ---------------- PIII 933/Intel mobo 512 MB RAM 2 30 GB IDE disks Ensoniq ES1371 sound card Red Hat 7.1 + bits of rawhide kernel 2.4.10-pre14 + preempt patch The testing was done while running X windows (icewm), Netscape 4.78, iptraf, and misc other services (named, sendmail, apache, iptables firewalling etc. During the dbench runs mpg123 was playing mp3s - Highlights - ------------ - There was absolutely no mp3 skipping during dbench 16 & 32. - There was minor skipping during dbench 40, when load was near 40. - Best of all, the desktop remained completely responsive the entire time. dbench summaries: --------------------------- Throughput 49.6162 MB/sec (NB=62.0202 MB/sec 496.162 MBit/sec) 16 procs Throughput 32.5531 MB/sec (NB=40.6913 MB/sec 325.531 MBit/sec) 32 procs Throughput 24.8711 MB/sec (NB=31.0889 MB/sec 248.711 MBit/sec) 40 procs Screenshot at http://mirai.cx/dbench40.png