Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 04:32:18 +0100 (BST) From: Alan Cox <alan@cymru.net> To: se@x14.mi.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser) Cc: groudier@iplus.fr, hackers@freebsd.org, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Unices are created equal, but ... Message-ID: <199604150332.EAA05825@snowcrash.cymru.net> In-Reply-To: <199604141524.RAA03026@x14.mi.uni-koeln.de> from "Stefan Esser" at Apr 14, 96 05:24:23 pm
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> The (old) BYTE benchmark is not a suitable performance > indicator at all! I've made it a port under BSD, since > it can show misconfiguration and problem areas, and I'd > like to know, whether you at least used that version > (available as a "port" or "package" for easy installation). Can we flush this whole thread down the bitbucket. lmbench is just a very low level analysis, the byte benchmarks are near enough broken beyond usefulness. Until people are doing formal SPEC and transaction benchmarks we wont have good answers (and some people maintain those are garbage too ;)). As various people have observed nobody can agree what to compare, what benchmark is right and what it means anyway. Alan
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