From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from hadron.dyndns.org (ma-amesbury1e-100.mrrmnh.adelphia.net [68.168.107.100]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0B4C482E for ; Sun, 9 Feb 2003 14:25:35 -0700 (MST) Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 16:24:54 -0500 From: "Aaron St. Pierre" To: Grant Grundler Cc: Matthew Wilcox , parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Re: [parisc-linux-cvs] linux grundler Message-ID: <20030209212454.GB924@hadron> References: <20030208222242.AA3554829@dsl2.external.hp.com> <20030208222746.GB19683@dsl2.external.hp.com> <20030208232303.B27544@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20030209031014.GD19683@dsl2.external.hp.com> <20030209122913.G27544@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20030209191441.GA21938@dsl2.external.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20030209191441.GA21938@dsl2.external.hp.com> 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: In another life Grant Grundler wrote: > On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 12:29:13PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > I'll upload it to unofficial-debs and people will be able to apt-get > > install it from there. > > cool - thanks. > > > Sure, but there's a measurable performance difference if you compile out > > spinlocks > > if people care about the last 5% performance, they still have several > options: > o build your own kernel As far as you know am I the only person, that has reported not being able to boot a 2.4.20-pa?? kernel compiled either natively or cross ? By the way, I tried pa24 today, though I haven't built it natively yet I cross compiled it to no avail... > o run HPUX > > I've not done or seen any lmbench perf results recently but before hpux > was 10x faster on context switch/task related stuff. And X11 server > takes advantage of HW acceleration. > (I'm associating UP systems with graphics which isn't always true) > > grant > _______________________________________________ > parisc-linux mailing list > parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org > http://lists.parisc-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/parisc-linux -- Aaron St. Pierre tel: 978.828.6177 asp@ungod.com Either I'm dead or my watch has stopped. -- Groucho Marx's last words