From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jun 21 16:20:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA23632 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 16:20:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA23476 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 16:19:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA08047; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 18:17:51 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) Message-Id: <199806212317.SAA08047@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: Here is what I promised :-) In-Reply-To: <199806211908.VAA27557@ocean.campus.luth.se> from Mikael Karpberg at "Jun 21, 98 09:08:51 pm" To: karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se (Mikael Karpberg) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 18:17:51 -0500 (EST) Cc: dyson@iquest.net, mark@vmunix.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG From: "John S. Dyson" Reply-To: dyson@iquest.net X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mikael Karpberg said: > According to John S. Dyson: > > I am slightly suspicious of certain LL performance issues, but > > those often can be mitigated by specialization of code sequences > > (micro-optimization.) There are also aspects of the kernel > > structure that are so different (but potentially much more > > cache conserving) that it is really hard to compare non-scaled LL > > and scaled LL behavior yet. > > Short question: What does LL mean? :-) > It is *my* shortcut for Low Level. It is just laziness on my part that I don't type it. Sorry!!! :-). I define: scaled LL behavior as behavior of low level benchmarks in scaled conditions. That should NOT be confused with scaled performance in general, which is a composite. It is often true that low level performance doesn't figure significantly in the performance picture. It is also true that low level performance can count significantly, depending on the application. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@iquest.net | it makes one look stupid jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message