Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 03:57:41 -0700 (PDT) From: "/dev/null" <null@dnswatch.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6 is coming too fast Message-ID: <1263.216.177.243.38.1114426661.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0504242009170.29599@mail.fci.fsu.edu> References: <20050424175543.71041.qmail@web51805.mail.yahoo.com><20050424151517.O68772@lexi.siliconlandmark.com><3822.216.177.243.38.1114385370.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com><426C328A.9060606@alumni.rice.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.61.0504242009170.29599@mail.fci.fsu.edu>
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Same System, same Applications. With the exception of Xorg in place of XFree86. -Chris > performance on many systems is very hard to gauge. I think this is > something mostly left up to the individual, as hardware-software > combinations truly make up the performance of a system. > > On Sun, 24 Apr 2005, Jon Noack wrote: > >> On 04/24/05 18:29, /dev/null wrote: >>> <snip> >>> >>> needed. All in all life on 5.x and the "upgrade" wasn't too bad. I will >>> say that there is ONE issue that I have found and have not yet solved. >>> It >>> now takes at least 2 times longer to build any of the ports. >>> Performance >>> in other areas seems to be lagging as well. I have since upgraded one >>> of >>> the 2 servers to 5.4-RC2 and have been chasing 5.x ever since hoping to >>> find the performance issues will dissappear. >> >> If you are running a UP system, it is expected that 4.x will outperform >> 5.x >> in many situations due to the focus on SMP. Optimizing synchronization >> to >> increase performance is one of the main goals for 6.x (see the recent >> work on >> critical sections, for example). This will allow us to scale well on >> SMP >> systems without pessimizing performance on UP systems. >> >> Another point to remember is that compilation times with GCC 3.4 >> (default for >> recent 5.x) are much longer than those with 2.95 (default for 4.x), >> especially at higher optimization levels. This is one of the main >> reasons >> why it takes longer to compile a port. >> >> That said, in what specific areas are you seeing performance >> regressions? >> >> Jon >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > //////////////////////////////////////////////////// If only Western Electric had found a way to offer binary licenses for the UNIX system back in 1974, the UNIX system would be running on all PC's today rather than DOS/Windows. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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