From: Mike Lang <mlang@lanl.gov>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] 2.4.9 vs 2.4.18 for HPC
Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 16:19:41 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ia64-105590701905915@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-ia64-105590701905912@msgid-missing>
There is a big difference from .17 to .18 we and others have seen about 2.5
times memory bandwidth speed up(on a streams benchmark).
--Mike
At 09:33 AM 8/6/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>With respect to Itanium2 what advantages does 2.4.18 have over 2.4.9 in
>an HPC environment?
>
>My concern is that RH7.2 does not have a 2.4.18/19 kernel and probably
>will not. For support reasons, running 2.4.9-34 from RH may be
>required. I am curious about the possible performance and stability
>issues with 2.4.9 on Itanium2.
>
>I am trying to build a case for software development on 2.4.18/19
>kernel.org kernels.
>
>Thanks.
>
>
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-06 15:33 [Linux-ia64] 2.4.9 vs 2.4.18 for HPC Egan Ford
2002-08-06 15:44 ` Alex Williamson
2002-08-06 15:44 ` Steffen Persvold
2002-08-06 16:19 ` Mike Lang [this message]
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