From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Lang Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 16:19:41 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] 2.4.9 vs 2.4.18 for HPC Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org 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. > > >_______________________________________________ >Linux-IA64 mailing list >Linux-IA64@linuxia64.org >http://lists.linuxia64.org/lists/listinfo/linux-ia64 ___________________________ Michael Lang mlang@lanl.gov Los Alamos National Laboratory ph:505-665-5756, fax:665-5638 MS B256, Los Alamos, NM 87545