From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 7 14:05:04 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94AF316A4CE for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2004 14:05:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from secfw2.sec.gov (secfw2.sec.gov [12.154.80.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BA9743D46 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2004 14:05:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from BigelowA@SEC.GOV) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by secfw2.sec.gov (SEC SMTP Gateway) with ESMTP id 098721581E0; Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:05:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from OPC-SEC-MT.sec.gov (opc-sec-mt.sec.gov [172.28.4.19]) by secfw2.sec.gov (SEC SMTP Gateway) with ESMTP id 67F2F1581DF; Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:05:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: by opc-sec-mt.sec.gov with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <4NPDBAKM>; Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:05:01 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Bigelow, Andrea L." To: 'Kris Kennaway' , TM4525@aol.com Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:04:59 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain X-Virus-Scanned: by SEC cc: questions@freebsd.org cc: "Bigelow, Andrea L." Subject: RE: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 14:05:04 -0000 Can anyone speak to performance improvement if the debug flags are removed? -----Original Message----- From: Kris Kennaway [mailto:kris@obsecurity.org] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 10:04 AM To: TM4525@aol.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org; BigelowA@SEC.GOV Subject: Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run? On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 09:55:37AM -0400, TM4525@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 10/6/04 6:47:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > kris@obsecurity.org writes: > On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 04:42:24PM -0400, Bigelow, Andrea L. wrote: > > Where's the documentation? I'd like to see this for myself. > > There is none, because Mr./Ms. TM4525 is making up his/her "facts" to > suit their assertion. The last time this claim was made it was > refuted and TM4525 promised to go away and check 5.3 performance. > > Kris > ---------------------------------- > > Actually, Kris, it wasn't "refuted", you said that the exceptionally > poor performance was "expected" until 5.3 was released, and implied > that anyone who expected good performance was making a fool of themselves. > > Search google groups for "freebsd 5.2 performance woes" and sort by > date to see my test details and subsequent comments by Kris and the > other FreeBSD Spin Doctors. > > My tests are very controlled, and my "assertion" is a result of > exceptionally poor performance in the test. And no-one "refuted" my > results. More like jockeying to save face. > > Nor did I "promise to go away". I promised to test 5.3 and post the > results. We're waiting..5.3 is in beta and ready for your tests. Other benchmarks show very good results compared to 4.x. Kris