From: Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>
To: john weber <weber@sixbit.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Performance Tuning
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 11:51:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <40ACFE39.2060901@am.sony.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040520120514.GA29540@sixbit.org>
john weber wrote:
> I've been comparing kernel compile stats online to those I get
> on my own machine, and I am baffled.
>
> Kernel compiles take 6m38s on my P4 2.8GHz (with HT enabled) and
> 512 MB RAM as compared to 20-30 seconds reported by folks online.
> I am running kernel 2.6.6.
>
> While I understand that this varies with the config, I also don't
> see why it should vary so much. Does anyone have any pointers on
> how I could best troubleshoot my performance?
I have used compiler cache, and gotten about 30-second
compiles, after the first one, on a P4 3.0GHz.
See: http://ccache.samba.org/
However, this isn't addressing performance of your machine, per-se.
=============================
Tim Bird
Architecture Group Co-Chair
CE Linux Forum
Senior Staff Engineer
Sony Electronics
E-mail: Tim.Bird@am.sony.com
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-05-20 18:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-05-20 12:05 Performance Tuning john weber
2004-05-20 13:00 ` Richard B. Johnson
2004-05-20 16:42 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-05-20 16:49 ` Prakash K. Cheemplavam
2004-05-20 18:39 ` cliff white
2004-05-20 18:51 ` Tim Bird [this message]
2004-05-21 14:56 ` Bill Davidsen
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