From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: john weber <weber@sixbit.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Performance Tuning
Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 10:56:40 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <40AE18A8.2000403@tmr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040520120514.GA29540@sixbit.org>
john weber wrote:
> I've been comparing kernel compile stats online to those I get
> on my own machine, and I am baffled.
>
> Kernel compiles take 6m38s on my P4 2.8GHz (with HT enabled) and
> 512 MB RAM as compared to 20-30 seconds reported by folks online.
> I am running kernel 2.6.6.
>
> While I understand that this varies with the config, I also don't
> see why it should vary so much. Does anyone have any pointers on
> how I could best troubleshoot my performance?
If you are not using "make -j3" for your build you should be able to
pick up 20-30% improvement, assuming that you have an SMP kernel running.
--
-bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
last possible moment - but no longer" -me
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-05-21 22:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-05-20 12:05 Performance Tuning john weber
2004-05-20 13:00 ` Richard B. Johnson
2004-05-20 16:42 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-05-20 16:49 ` Prakash K. Cheemplavam
2004-05-20 18:39 ` cliff white
2004-05-20 18:51 ` Tim Bird
2004-05-21 14:56 ` Bill Davidsen [this message]
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2005-08-29 5:17 How can execute .cpp program with gcc command kranthi
2005-08-30 4:46 ` Performance tuning Vikas
2002-07-10 15:15 David Dougall
2002-07-10 21:04 ` Tom McNeal
2002-07-10 21:17 ` Trond Myklebust
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