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From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: john weber <weber@sixbit.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Performance Tuning
Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 10:56:40 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <40AE18A8.2000403@tmr.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?

If you are not using "make -j3" for your build you should be able to 
pick up 20-30% improvement, assuming that you have an SMP kernel running.

-- 
    -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
  last possible moment - but no longer"  -me

      parent reply	other threads:[~2004-05-21 22:53 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
2004-05-21 14:56 ` Bill Davidsen [this message]

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