From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 17 08:48:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14AA816A40F; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:48:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (jojo.ms-net.de [84.16.236.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26C5E43D79; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:48:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (p54A5E967.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.233.103]) (authenticated bits=0) by www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9H8j8kT052788; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:45:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from localhost (webmail.Leidinger.net [192.168.1.102]) by Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k9H8mSjL011992; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:48:28 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from pslux.cec.eu.int (pslux.cec.eu.int [158.169.9.14]) by webmail.leidinger.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:48:28 +0200 Message-ID: <20061017104828.tpeaw4gj4okook8s@webmail.leidinger.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:48:28 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Chris References: <20061015174750.13249.qmail@web33306.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <45327764.2080904@protected-networks.net> <20061016032534.GB6398@soaustin.net> <4532FF13.7040708@paradise.net.nz> <3aaaa3a0610161100y8c20101gcb2a9c27b7da5769@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3aaaa3a0610161100y8c20101gcb2a9c27b7da5769@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.3) / FreeBSD-7.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Cc: performance@freebsd.org, Mark Linimon , danial_thom@yahoo.com, FreeBSD Stable , Mark Kirkwood Subject: Re: Performance 4.x vs. 6.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:48:34 -0000 Quoting Chris (from Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:00:54 +0100): > On 16/10/06, Mark Kirkwood wrote: >> He might have got further by volunteering to create and supply profiles >> for those specific workloads that were faster in 4.x than 6.x on UP >> machinery etc... i.e. help make 6.x better rather than discourage the >> development team (whose efforts are much appreciated by the rest of us >> that are happily using 6.x...) > I recently ordered some servers from a datacentre on lease, specs were > UP p4 2.8ghz gig of ddr2 ram and sata hd, intel lan card. None of the > servers would boot in freebsd 6.x, they booted in freebsd 4.x but > needed a pata controller, they only worked properly in freebsd 5.x. What's the Problem Report number of your bug report? Does it contain =20 the error message of the problem (if there's one), a detailed =20 description of the hardware, and anything else what may be =20 interesting to know about this situation? > It seems their are 2 major problems with freebsd at the moment (1) is > the hardware support is still way behind both linux and windows and > its very frustrating in the amount of datacentres that dont support > freebsd. and (2) the uniprocessor performance remains below par. What's the PR number of your report where you describe under which =20 specific load (and how to produce/simulate this load) it doesn't =20 perform as fast as other operating systems? Bye, Alexander. --=20 MSDOS is not dead, it just smells that way. =09=09-- Henry Spencer http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137