Re: VM tests on 5 recent kernels

Stephan von Krawczynski (skraw@ithnet.com)
Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:37:24 +0100


On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 02:15:13 -0500
rwhron@earthlink.net wrote:

>
> 5 recent kernels:
>
> mtest01 Averages for 10 mtest01 runs
> -------
> mtest01 allocates and writes to 80% of virtual memory.
> Listen to mp3 sampled at 128k.
>
> mp3 on 2.4.16 skipped more than 2.4.15-pre6.
> 2.4.15-pre6 and 2.5.1-pre1 did best. (fastest time, highest mp3 play).
> 2.4.16-vm is a patch from http://surriel.com/patches/

I am pretty astonished about the differences between 2.4.16 and 2.5.1-pre1. Can
anybody point out some relevant difference between the two regarding such a
test case?

Regards,
Stephan

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