Re: [BENCHMARK] 2.5.43 with contest

[Dieter Nützel]

On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:56, Con Kolivas wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 12:49 am, John Stoffel wrote:
> > Con,
> >
> > Why are you bothering to show the older 2.5.3x series of kernels, but
> > dropping the 2.4.18 results?  Wouldn't it make sense to see how the
> > latest kernels in each section were doing?
>
> My main interest in doing these is to help 2.5 development as 2.4 is not
> changing dramatically anywhere in the near future. As the number of data
> points increase the ability to sift through the information will decrease.
> The comparison to 2.4 kernels has been made in the past and I felt that
> showing the progression of 2.5 would be more helpful as the change made by
> each step could be quantified. I dont mind posting a full set of benchmarks
> but people are less likely to read through a huge set of data trying to find
> he relevant information.  If someone feels I am in error I would be happy to
> change what I'm doing.

But please keep a 2.4.19 (2.4.20.pre-latest/-AA) for comparison.
The -AA VM is so GREAT for 2.4 that times can come porting some stuff to 
2.5...;-)

Thanks,
	Dieter
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Dieter Nützel
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University of Hamburg
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