From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 12 13:51:51 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55D8A106566C for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:51:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 248C88FC53 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:51:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mdt-xp.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n7CDZZcg047419; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:35:35 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <200908121335.n7CDZZcg047419@lava.sentex.ca> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:38:38 -0400 To: Robert Watson , current@freebsd.org From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: Subject: Re: Call for regression and performance testing - 8.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:51:51 -0000 At 08:29 AM 8/12/2009, Robert Watson wrote: >Dear all: > >As we're approaching 8.0 BETA3, now would be a really good time to >start identifying functional and performance regressions from the >7.x series. We've done a mixed job at this in the past, but when it >comes to "I'll do better some day", there's no time like the present >:-). Some notes: > Hi Robert, Other than the removal of whats below from the kernel, what other adjustments should be made to make more accurate comparisons ? # Debugging for use in -current options KDB # Enable kernel debugger support. options DDB # Support DDB. options GDB # Support remote GDB. options INVARIANTS # Enable calls of extra sanity checking options INVARIANT_SUPPORT # Extra sanity checks of internal structures, required by INVARIANTS options WITNESS # Enable checks to detect deadlocks and cycles options WITNESS_SKIPSPIN # Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed ---Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike