Subject: Re: Quadra folks and SONIC users
To: Allen Briggs <briggs@puma.macbsd.com>
From: Hauke Fath <hauke@Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/15/1997 01:12:58
At 6:49 Uhr +0200 02.10.1997, Allen Briggs wrote:
>OK... I'm looking for Quadra folks to test out a kernel that should do
>faster SCSI for everyone but the folks with AV macs. Specifically, I
>think that this will work now on the 610/605/LC475/800. It works on the
>Centris 650 and should work on the Quadra as well. I am quite curious
>as to whether it will work on the C/Q630 or other 040-based macs that
>use the esp driver. I would also appreciate it if a couple of Q700
>owners could test it, too, since my Q700 is out of commission until
>the new power supply comes in.
>
>The kernel is:
> ftp://ftp.macbsd.com/pub/outgoing/briggs/netbsd-971002.gz
>
Hi Allen,
here's some output from 'iozone auto' run in single user:
Your 971002 'quick esp' kernel:
IOZONE: Performance Test of Sequential File I/O -- V2.01 (10/21/94)
By Bill Norcott
Operating System: POSIX 1003.1-1990
IOZONE: auto-test mode
MB reclen bytes/sec written bytes/sec read
1 512 1059167 989222
1 1024 1476867 1476867
1 2048 1664406 1718977
1 4096 1664406 1807889
1 8192 1872457 1613193
2 512 1205259 1508742
2 1024 1456355 1691251
2 2048 1638399 1792437
2 4096 1872457 1823610
2 8192 1807889 1823610
4 512 1121471 1576806
4 1024 1416994 1769748
4 2048 1594792 1880853
4 4096 1657827 1915207
4 8192 1847711 1872457
8 512 1181494 1610097
8 1024 1433950 1781020
8 2048 1600879 1876646
8 4096 1736771 2006844
8 8192 1880853 1932858
16 512 1201806 1600879
16 1024 1418192 1792437
16 2048 1600879 1906501
16 4096 1669374 1978445
16 8192 1853836 1923992
Completed series of tests
A custom 1.2F-based kernel built around 01 Jun 97:
IOZONE: Performance Test of Sequential File I/O -- V2.01 (10/21/94)
By Bill Norcott
Operating System: POSIX 1003.1-1990
IOZONE: auto-test mode
MB reclen bytes/sec written bytes/sec read
1 512 1205259 1219274
1 1024 1416994 1248304
1 2048 1519675 1398101
1 4096 1691251 1456355
1 8192 1747626 1344328
2 512 1240918 1388842
2 1024 1476867 1588751
2 2048 1576806 1823610
2 4096 1677721 1792437
2 8192 1792437 1823610
4 512 1230001 1492634
4 1024 1431503 1762312
4 2048 1565038 1831573
4 4096 1644825 1855886
4 8192 1855886 1959955
8 512 1224614 1562124
8 1024 1448809 1743993
8 2048 1591766 1796275
8 4096 1661110 1950839
8 8192 1847711 1897875
16 512 1241836 1559220
16 1024 1421797 1753105
16 2048 1575325 1900024
16 4096 1661110 1932858
16 8192 1804001 1966848
Completed series of tests
-- I was fiddling around with some esoteric video card and thought I'd give
the kernel a try.
Not sure about the gain, though... (Q700/33MHz, 20MB/1G QUantum Empire)
hauke
--
"It's never straight up and down" (DEVO)