From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sh.od.inet (CPE0080c82c70ca.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [24.112.140.233]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E93D4482A for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 22:05:45 -0700 (MST) Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 00:06:40 -0500 From: "Carlos O'Donell Jr." To: Peter Lavender Cc: parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] performance? Message-ID: <20020328000640.B12094@systemhalted> References: <20020326224358.B28171@piglet> <20020326154444.D26865@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20020327180626.C28130@piglet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20020327180626.C28130@piglet>; from plaven@bigpond.net.au on Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 06:06:26PM +1100 Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: > > The p90 system is an old stock install of redhat 6.0 with very little > done to the kernel.. it was recompiled with certain drivers built into > the kernel but that's about it. > > [pete@piglet brad]$ g++ --version > egcs-2.91.66 > > The program is fairly simple in what it does. > This is the crux of the problem. IA32 glibc and kernel are sprinkled with copious amounts of hand tuned and optimized assembly. We are nowhere near that level yet :) What is it that your program does? Like the beowulf.org people say: "Your application is always the best benchmark." Cheers, Carlos.