Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 11:05:34 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: mike <mike@mike2k.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is MySQL nearly twice as fast on Linux/AMD64 Vs. FreeBSD/AMD64? Message-ID: <20040520180534.GA28248@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0405201033390.15127@sql01.internal.mikehost.net> References: <200405191211.25786.peter@wemm.org> <20040519172913.GU601@funkthat.com> <5.2.0.9.2.20040519052743.04365f78@mail.ojoink.com> <20040519172913.GU601@funkthat.com> <5.2.0.9.2.20040520041642.03db2188@mail.ojoink.com> <5.2.0.9.2.20040520085802.015fc2d0@mail.ojoink.com> <00a501c43e89$b39ed8b0$7b07000a@int.mediasurface.com> <Pine.LNX.4.53.0405201033390.15127@sql01.internal.mikehost.net>
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--Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 10:39:01AM -0700, mike wrote: > i don't know if this is any idea - but why isnt something like > linuxthreads ported to amd64? i would think with the 64-bit architecture, > it could be even better than the i386 version. >=20 > again, i am threading-retarded, so if getting linuxthreads working on > freebsd 5.x on AMD64 is "not appropriate" because freebsd 5.x is supposed > to have it's own better threading library now, then just ignore me; but it > seems like linuxthreads has always been the fastest implementation on > freebsd. i'd be willing to put $$ towards accelerating the effort to get > mysql performance on freebsd 5.x AMD64 better. i don't know what the best > setup is, but whatever needs to be done and a way to patch/reproduce it. With libpthread and libthr, the linuxthreads port should be redundent. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFArPNtXY6L6fI4GtQRAsw8AJ9dS3LwsPjDrlDvW8epVmTLLVFzGgCg4+Ta yAPCoxm/77v7m6Yequ+9x4g= =OHnr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE--
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