Re: Why is 2.4.32 four times faster than 2.6.14.6??

From: Grant Coady
Date: Sun Jan 08 2006 - 02:27:42 EST


On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 07:58:09 +0100, Markus Rechberger <mrechberger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Were there any other processes running during the test?
box runs same config both kernels: the usual light load ~100% idle ;)
>what does "vmstat 1" show up during the test?

grant@deltree:~$ uname -r
2.6.14.6a
grant@deltree:~$ vmstat 1
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu----
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
[...]
0 0 0 63800 11520 32352 0 0 0 0 110 18 0 0 100 0
0 0 0 63800 11520 32352 0 0 0 0 106 17 1 0 99 0
3 0 0 63560 11520 32352 0 0 0 0 346 502 22 9 69 0
1 0 0 63560 11520 32352 0 0 0 0 1057 1987 59 41 0 0
1 0 0 63560 11520 32352 0 0 0 0 1062 2011 59 41 0 0
1 0 0 63560 11520 32352 0 0 0 0 1053 2001 50 50 0 0
1 0 0 63500 11596 32352 0 0 0 136 1054 1974 61 39 0 0
1 0 0 63500 11596 32352 0 0 0 0 1040 1978 50 50 0 0
0 0 0 63620 11596 32352 0 0 0 0 799 1425 45 27 29 0
0 0 0 63620 11596 32352 0 0 0 0 104 12 0 0 100 0
0 0 0 63620 11596 32352 0 0 0 0 103 10 0 0 100 0

grant@deltree:~$ uname -r
2.4.32-hf32.1
grant@deltree:~$ vmstat 1
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu----
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
[...]
0 0 0 83192 6532 21404 0 0 0 0 104 12 0 1 99 0
0 0 0 83152 6572 21404 0 0 0 80 116 24 0 1 99 0
1 0 0 82952 6572 21404 0 0 0 0 168 130 6 5 89 0
2 0 0 82952 6572 21404 0 0 0 0 667 1019 65 35 0 0
0 0 0 83152 6572 21404 0 0 0 0 297 378 41 10 49 0
0 0 0 83152 6572 21404 0 0 0 0 104 9 0 1 99 0
0 0 0 83064 6656 21404 0 0 0 304 169 121 0 1 99 0
0 0 0 83064 6656 21404 0 0 0 0 137 42 0 2 98 0

--
Thanks,
Grant.
http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/
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