Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:43:54 -0300 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Vin=EDcius_Zavam?= <egypcio@googlemail.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Martin Matuska <mm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Compiler Benchmark: gcc-base vs. gcc-ports vs. clang Message-ID: <AANLkTinOrNfq5FBOPkXcExjN=mzZCKazxeG8BMJNFVer@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <60071.1299936937@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <4D7B44AF.7040406@FreeBSD.org> <60071.1299936937@critter.freebsd.dk>
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2011/3/12 Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>: > In message <4D7B44AF.7040406@FreeBSD.org>, Martin Matuska writes: > > > Thanks a lot for doing this properly. > >>What significance level should I take? > > I think I set ministat(1) to use 95 % confidence level by default > and that is in general a pretty safe bet (1 in 20 chance) > >>I hope this approach is better :) > > Much, much better. > > As I said, this was not to go after you personally, but to point > out that we need to be more rigorous with benchmarks in general. > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp =A0 =A0 =A0 | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > phk@FreeBSD.ORG =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer =A0 =A0 =A0 | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetenc= e. i'm still curious about things like CPUTYPE=3D and -march=3D configured as native, gentlemen. is it the "golden egg" to use with our system or not? why "natives" aren't in the benchs? /me feels confused. --=20 Vin=EDcius Zavam profiles.google.com/egypcio
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