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- From: ianj@citrus.SAC.CA.US ( Ian Justman )
- Subject: Re: Kernel build benchmark
- References: <1992Dec16.181722.8050@davidge.com>
- Organization: Citrus Grove Public Access ( 916 ) 381-5822 Sacramento CA. USA
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 12:39:11 GMT
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- cae@davidge.com (Caleb Epstein) writes:
- : A while back I recall a number of people posting Linux
- : 'benchmarks' based on how long it took their machine to
- : rebuild the kernel. The less time it took, the faster the
- : machine.
- Uh-uh... That sounds like a good analogy; however, what about if
- you had more memory like I do (I have 3MB)?
-
- : I'm currently rebuilding the 0.98.5 kernel and believe I
- : will weigh in with the *worst* benchmark in Linux history.
- : The machine doing the compiling is a '386-16 with 2Mb ram
- : and a 35 Mb Linux-MINIX partition and a 6 Mb swap partition.
- : I started the build this morning around 10 am and right now
- : (1:13 pm) its only up to the SCSI code. I'd say that's
- : probably about 3/4 through all of the modules. I figure
- : it'll be done sometime around 2:30 or 3 pm.
-
- I'm using a 386sx/20 with, like I said, 3MB of RAM and 5 megs'
- worth of swap partition, and gee whiz, I thought _ONE_ HOUR was
- bad! Evedently even one megabyte of RAM makes all the diff (no
- pun intended... Ok, Ok, OK!!! Pun intended :-) ).
-
- : This little UNIX is a tribute to its author(s). The
- : fact that I can compile *anything* on this hunk-of-junk PC
- : is near miraculous.
-
- I second the emotion!
-
- Here's to Linus B. Torvalds and his masterpiece which only gets
- better!
-
- --
- Born to void warranties! ianj@ijpc.UUCP
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