Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 01:32:40 -0700 From: ray@redshift.com To: sean@mcneil.com,Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Benchmarks: AMD64 vs i386 on Dual 246 Opteron Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.20050729013240.00a8afb8@pop.redshift.com> In-Reply-To: <1122594648.45827.11.camel@server.mcneil.com> References: <20050728193519.A66123@cons.org> <3.0.1.32.20050728013152.00a4d188@pop.redshift.com> <20050728193519.A66123@cons.org>
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At 04:50 PM 7/28/2005 -0700, Sean McNeil wrote: | On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 19:35 -0400, Martin Cracauer wrote: | > I highly suspect that the 64 bit version of FreeBSD in this | > comparision was somehow doomed before it started. Opportunities are | > leaving in kernel safety code in one of the kernels, a driver that | > just doesn't work right on AMD64. Or the same for any of the | > software, maybe php is hosed in its 64 bit build. | | If network throughput can effect the testing, I would suspect network | drivers. I've found the re0 driver performs horrible on amd64. | Especially with gigE. | | Cheers, | Sean Hi Sean, Testing was done via localhost. That should let out the broadcam gigabit card. Ray
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