From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264915AbUGGFqe (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jul 2004 01:46:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264917AbUGGFqd (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jul 2004 01:46:33 -0400 Received: from pfepb.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.236]:48913 "EHLO pfepb.post.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264915AbUGGFq2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jul 2004 01:46:28 -0400 Subject: Re: quite big breakthrough in the BAD network performance, which mm6 did not fix From: Redeeman To: LKML Mailinglist Cc: Horst von Brand In-Reply-To: <200407061812.24526.lkml@lpbproductions.com> References: <200407061930.i66JUpqI009671@eeyore.valparaiso.cl> <1089160973.903.1.camel@localhost> <200407061812.24526.lkml@lpbproductions.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 07:46:26 +0200 Message-Id: <1089179186.10677.8.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 1.5.9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org this must be some misunderstanding, i do not want to complain, and i dont hope people get that impression, i am trying to do feedback, so that issues can be fixed. the thing about testing against a local apache, i did that, and its fast, however, i still take that with a grain of salt, because, as said before, even though that internet speed may vary from time to time, i can see that kernel.org has plenty bandwith, and when 2.6.5 then downloads with 200kb/s from http://kernel.org, and 2.6.7 only 50kb/s, this should be able to prove its some issues with 2.6.7, but thats just my opinion On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 18:12 -0700, Matt Heler wrote: > Not to sound mean about this. But either you prove your claim with benchmarks > in a controlled enviroment ( that means in a private network ), or you stop > trolling and complaining. The linux kernel is a free piece of software, if > you don't like one version of it, then feel free to use some earlier version. > Otherwise please stop. > > Matt H. > > > On Tuesday 06 July 2004 5:42 pm, Redeeman wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 15:30 -0400, Horst von Brand wrote: > > > Redeeman said: > > > > On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 17:54 -0700, Matt Heler wrote: > > > > > Ok first take benchmarks ( use wget ), and secondly results from the > > > > > internet vary day by day , hour to hour , minute by minute. Don't > > > > > expect all sites on the internet to be the same speed, or even stay > > > > > the same speed for that matter. For more accurate benchmark results > > > > > setup a personal server on your own private network and benchmark > > > > > http trasnfers using different kernels. > > > > > > > > i am aware of this, however, what i use to benchmark is kernel.org, as > > > > i can see they have alot bandwith free. > > > > > > How do you know that? > > > > how i know? i dont think anyone in the matter of seconds begin to use > > the spare ~800mbit/s of bandwith they do not use when i try, (according > > to info from bwbar on kernel.org) > > > > > > if i use kernel.org http i get 50kb/s, if i use ftp, i can easily fetch > > > > with 200kb/s > > > > > > Trafic shaping somewhere along the route? Much more load on HTTP than > > > FTP? Are they the very same machines? Under the exact same load? Are the > > > servers written with the same care? Are the clients? > > > > > > > also, the gnu ftp, where i took gcc3.4.1, it gave me 200kb/s > > > > > > Ditto. > > > > > > Unless you set up something where there aren't dozens of unknown > > > variables and a hundred or so that you have got no chance at all to even > > > guess what their values/effects are... > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >