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Date:      Thu, 21 Feb 2002 12:47:25 -0600
From:      Bob Van Valzah <Bob@Talarian.Com>
To:        "Dorr H. Clark" <dclark@applmath.scu.edu>
Cc:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Volunteering: Old fart with old CPUs
Message-ID:  <3C7540BD.3030805@Talarian.Com>
References:  <Pine.GHP.4.21.0202210950170.11872-100000@hpux27.dc.engr.scu.edu>
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Thanks for the tip. I actually worked with Larry McVoy on a Unix porting 
project in the late 80's. I'd forgotten about lmbench. Are there any 
particular tests within lmbench which you'd find particularly telling?

    Bob

Dorr H. Clark wrote:

>On 21 Feb 2002, Bob Van Valzah wrote:
>
>>Could you please suggest something to generate a good system call load
>>for a profiled kernel? Maybe a -j4 buildworld of 4.5-RELEASE? Maybe an
>>Apache build? Lemmie know.
>>
>
>For profiling kernels, lmbench is a superior package:
>
>http://www.bitmover.com/lmbench/
>
>-dhc
>


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Thanks for the tip. I actually worked with Larry McVoy on a Unix porting
project in the late 80's. I'd forgotten about lmbench. Are there any particular
tests within lmbench which you'd find particularly telling?<br>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bob<br>
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Dorr H. Clark wrote:<br>
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  <pre wrap="">On 21 Feb 2002, Bob Van Valzah wrote:<br><br></pre>
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    <pre wrap="">Could you please suggest something to generate a good system call load<br>for a profiled kernel? Maybe a -j4 buildworld of 4.5-RELEASE? Maybe an<br>Apache build? Lemmie know.<br></pre>
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    <pre wrap=""><!----><br>For profiling kernels, lmbench is a superior package:<br><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bitmover.com/lmbench/">http://www.bitmover.com/lmbench/</a><br><br>-dhc<br></pre>;
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