Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:30:28 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Russell Meek <russell@russellmeek.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 GENERIC Kernel perfomance Message-ID: <20051123213028.GA7160@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <4384DDD6.3020905@russellmeek.net> References: <4383561C.30900@buc.com.ua> <20051122212111.GA72725@xor.obsecurity.org> <438452DF.5010004@buc.com.ua> <4384DDD6.3020905@russellmeek.net>
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--C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 04:23:34PM -0500, Russell Meek wrote: > Dmytro Surovtsev wrote: >=20 > >Kris, > > > >thanks for reply. I did not provide any special tests for performance,= =20 > >I catch it just working on my workstation - P-4, 3 GHz, 512 MB. > >Long time ago (several monthes) I've used Gentoo Linux, but siwtched=20 > >to FreeBSD because of better performance especially when I work in X. > >About the port set: what do you mean under "> upgrading your ports=20 > >properly"? I've downloaded the ports.tar.gz (about 30M) and untarred=20 > >it to /usr/ports. what else? > > > >Dmytro > > > >Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > >>On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 05:32:12PM +0000, Dmytro Surovtsev wrote: > >> > >>>Hello, > >>> > >>>Maybe it's my own opinion but I've discovered that 6.0 kernel is=20 > >>>much slower than 5.4, I mean GENERIC in both cases. > >> > >> > >> > >>It's only your own opinion until you share with us the measurements > >>that led you to conclude this. FreeBSD 6.0 is much faster than > >>FreeBSD 5.4 in my measurements, especially in the area of filesystem > >>performance. > >> > >> > >>>And, as well, 6.0 works right with the set of ports come with it in=20 > >>>distribution inly. Nearly any new port can not assemble with=20 > >>>differnent errors, mostly like: "The version of library XXX is=20 > >>>installed, it's conflict with XXX-1, please do pkg_delete, and=20 > >>>pkg_add then". But after than nearly nothing works. > >> > >> > >> > >>This is not a FreeBSD 6.0 problem, it indicates that you aren't > >>upgrading your ports properly. > >> > >>Look into the portupgrade tool, and if you have specific problems with > >>using it, then post specific questions. > >> > >>Kris > > > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to=20 > >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 > Dmytro, >=20 > Sorry the debug -g option did not help. >=20 > I have only noticed increased speed with 6 vs 5.4, but then again I am=20 > not using X, I use FreeBSD only for servers. >=20 > I noticed a slight lag at first and was not using the SCHED_ULE=20 > scheduler, but the 4BSD. >=20 > Removing debug -g and recompiling my kernel pretty much solved that. Again, -g does not have any runtime performance effect. The symbols it adds are stripped out when the kernel is loaded. Kris --C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDhN90Wry0BWjoQKURAqwfAKDEow5gW7qi2/URqBawl48PA7ZPSACeN3Dc NTtPgIJGpQP4zwK0VUfHSAM= =lTxu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc--
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