From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: kernel coder <lhrkernelcoder@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: Fwd: How to improve performance of 2.6 kernel
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:53:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051019155357.GH2616@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f69849430510182255m59d62726h7a4b9c96e1a7f07c@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 10:55:01AM +0500, kernel coder wrote:
> I did lmbench benchmarks tests... and the results i got were pretty
> weird.. I am attaching the jpegs :) of the graphs i made in MS Excel.
We're happy with cold, raw ASCII numbers :)
> Btw, I have implemented NAPI in both 2.4.20 and 2.6.10. I ported the
> code to linux-2.6 in order to increase the board's efficiency but I'm
> quite dissapointed with the results so far :(.
NAPI is doing it's job which is keeping a system responsive under extreme
loads very well. The pre-NAPI behaviour was simply locking up thus making
systems easily DOS-able. NAPI is not meant to improve latency; it isn't
meant but frequently mistaken to.
Ralf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-10-19 15:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-17 11:29 How to improve performance of 2.6 kernel kernel coder
2005-10-17 12:36 ` Stuart Longland
2005-10-17 15:19 ` Kevin D. Kissell
2005-10-17 15:19 ` Kevin D. Kissell
2005-10-17 16:38 ` Dan Malek
2005-10-17 16:38 ` Dan Malek
2005-10-19 5:55 ` Fwd: " kernel coder
2005-10-19 15:53 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
2005-10-17 16:07 ` Ralf Baechle
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2005-10-19 18:12 Fwd: " Mitchell, Earl
2005-10-19 18:12 ` Mitchell, Earl
2005-10-20 9:36 ` Ralf Baechle
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