From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1767525AbXDFEHl (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:07:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1767530AbXDFEHl (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:07:41 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([192.83.249.54]:60638 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1767525AbXDFEHk (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:07:40 -0400 Message-ID: <4615C780.5040407@zytor.com> Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 21:07:28 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: johnrobertbanks@fastmail.fm CC: Ignatich , reiserfs-list@namesys.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Reiser4. BEST FILESYSTEM EVER. References: <46157B5B.5000602@gmail.com> <1175817921.18400.1183285196@webmail.messagingengine.com> <461592FB.5060507@zytor.com> <1175819681.20754.1183287946@webmail.messagingengine.com> <461596DE.2020802@zytor.com> <1175823288.25662.1183293506@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <1175823288.25662.1183293506@webmail.messagingengine.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org johnrobertbanks@fastmail.fm wrote: > Hi Peter, > > You say that the results may be accurate, but not relevant. > NO, I said that whether they're accurate is another matter. > If they are accurate,.... THEN they are obviously very relevant. Crap-o-la. Whether or not they're relevant depends on how well they happen to reflect your particular usage pattern. There are NO benchmarks which are relevant to all users. Understanding whether or not a benchmark is relevant to one's particular application is one of the trickiest things about benchmarks. -hpa