Don't use dbench for benchmarks

From: Daniel Phillips (phillips@bonn-fries.net)
Date: Mon Jan 28 2002 - 06:56:42 EST

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On January 27, 2002 05:35 am, Alex Davis wrote:
> I ran dbench on three different kernels: 2.4.17 w/ rmap12a, 2.4.18pre7, and
> 2.4.18pre7 w/ rmap12a. 2.4.18pre7 had better throughput by a substantial
> margin. The results are at http://www.dynamicbullet.com/rmap.html

I must be having a bad day, I can only think of irritable things to post.
Continuing that theme: please don't use dbench for benchmarks. At all.
It's an unreliable indicator of anything in particular except perhaps
stability. Please, use something else for your benchmarks.

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Daniel
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