Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 20:16:52 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Oliver Lehmann <lehmann@ans-netz.de> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bad performance on alpha? (make buildworld) Message-ID: <20040223191652.GB5837@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20040223192103.59ad7b69.lehmann@ans-netz.de> References: <20040223192103.59ad7b69.lehmann@ans-netz.de>
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On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 07:21:03PM +0100, Oliver Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > I run several buildworld's on both, an Alpha EV56 and a Intel PII. I'm > wondering that the Pentium beats the Alpha. Both systems have INVARIANTS* > and WITNESS* disabled. Furthermore, no special tweakups - nearly "out of > the box" configured. ... > And I don't think CURRENT is that "faster" than 5.2.1. Why does (my) alpha > performs so bad? Some ideas? Is that behaviour common for FreeBSD/alpha or > did I missed something in my consideration? Bit of a FAQ, but the last time I checked it was due to the code generation for Alpha being lots slower. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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