Subject: Re: New kinetic figures
To: Chris Gilbert <chris@paradox.demon.co.uk>
From: Reinoud Zandijk <imago@kabel065011.kabel.utwente.nl>
List: port-arm32
Date: 02/08/2001 03:06:22
Hi hi Chris!,
On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Chris Gilbert wrote:
> I've just been playing with my kinetic card, I've made the kernel not use any
> of the on board ram (note it corrupts the console cursor)
>
> Anyway the test was how long it takes to do make configure for gmake
> (configure scripts hammer the pmap rather badly on rpc)
>
> pkgsrc and obj dir's mounted off remote machine. reboot done between, and
> make clean also done so both worked off freshly extracted and patched source.
> Test conditions were near identical as I can do at near midnight :)
:(( that's not a good sign ... the main bottle neck is now the networkcard
.... have you tried a memory disc? that would REALLY show :)) I know you
cant use the harddisc with this hack which is pretty bad :(
> Anyway figures are:
> with onboard ram kinetic only %
> real 293.22 204.40 70
> user 29.99 21.37 71.3
> sys 225.60 151.14 67
>
> So it looks like there's a boost to be had from the kinetic :)
Hehe... yeah well its less than i anticipated i must admit but looking at
the remote network stuff it doenst suprise me though ... it cripples these
figures.
> If anyone wants a copy of the kernel shout up, and I'll upload one, oh it's
> based of -current (note that the diff isn't ready for the real world, it's a
> HACK, if looks for any memory blocks that aren't kinetic ram and shuffles the
> dram blocks down in the bootconfig)
*grin* well the diffs would be interesting to see *grin* ... i'll have a
look at the move tomorrow for even if its a 140% speed its good :)
> Tommorrow I plan to compare this to the new bootloader (it makes things feel
> slower, but I want something more substantial than just a feeling ;)
Wierd.... i for some reason notice a speed increase! ... esp. on the
screen .... hmmm.... wierd.
Cheers,
Reinoud