Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 13:10:35 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question regarding Linux emulation Message-ID: <19981207131035.H13839@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981206215315.042becc0@127.0.0.1>; from Brett Glass on Sun, Dec 06, 1998 at 09:53:49PM -0700 References: <4.1.19981206215315.042becc0@127.0.0.1>
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On Sun, Dec 06, 1998 at 09:53:49PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > I was asked these questions this evening, and don't know the answers. > > How much of a speed penalty, if any, is incurred for using Linux emulation > under FreeBSD compared to running a natively compiled version of the same > program (or, for that matter, running the Linux program under Linux)? Your speed-penalty will only be measurable if you're doing benchmarking of syscall overhead. Real-world Linux binaries will usually run faster under FreeBSD than under Linux, due to the better VM system. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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