From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Aug 11 22:20: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93D0D37BB47 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2000 22:20:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id WAA46766; Fri, 11 Aug 2000 22:20:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 22:20:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200008120520.WAA46766@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Will Andrews Subject: Re: misc/20555: 3C509 driver performance problem Reply-To: Will Andrews Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/20555; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Will Andrews To: xyf@stocke.com Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/20555: 3C509 driver performance problem Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 01:11:11 -0400 On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 06:46:39PM -0700, xyf@stocke.com wrote: > FreeBSD uses more CPU time than Linux, FreeBSD CPU idle is 40%, > Linux CPU idle is 60%, almost 20% CPU lost in FreeBSD! How do you know top(1) doesn't measure CPU idle time on Linux differently than it does on FreeBSD? (I don't know whether they do or not, for the record, but I do know things like load averages are measured differently..) Plus, with no real way to "fix" this "problem", this PR is rather bogus. If it is determined that the 3c509 driver sucks in terms of performance, patches to increase its efficiency and such are quite acceptable. :) Besides, no one in their right mind that worries about performance is going to use a 3c509... -- Will Andrews GCS/E/S @d- s+:+ a--- C++ UB++++$ P+ L- E--- W+ N-- !o ?K w--- O- M+ V- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X+ R+ tv+ b++ DI+++ D+ G++ e>++++ h! r- y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message