Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 11:42:24 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: "Dorr H. Clark" <dclark@applmath.scu.edu> Cc: Bob Van Valzah <Bob@Talarian.Com>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Volunteering: Old fart with old CPUs Message-ID: <3C754DA0.A56CA081@mindspring.com> References: <Pine.GHP.4.21.0202210950170.11872-100000@hpux27.dc.engr.scu.edu>
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"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/ FreeBSD 4.5 vs. FreeBSD 5.0, yes. FreeBSD X vs. any other OS, no... this is a collection of microbenchmarks, not a benchmark like webbench or polygraph, which attempt to model real world load (polygraph less than webbench, since it cheats to prevent cache algorithms from working). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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