home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- >>>>> "pjf" == zinc <zinc@zifi.genetics.utah.edu> writes:
-
- pjf> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article
- pjf> <459kmt$ral@news.cc.utah.edu> you write:
- >> I am running Caldera Network Desktop Preview II - ELF based on
- >> Red Hat 2.0 distribution. I downloaded Executor 1.99p ELF
- >> version and installed it. I immediately ran the speedo 3.23
- >> benchmarking program and compared the preformance with that of
- >> my same machine running an all a.out system and executor 1.99o
- >> a.out. I am using the same kernal - 1.2.13 built as a.out with
- >> ELF support.
- >>
- >> The results somewhat suprised me. The a.out/1.99o combination
- >> was quite a lot faster in every area.
- >>
- >> One other thing I noticed is that Wordperfect for Machintosh
- >> 3.1 ran perfectly under the 1.99o-a.out version of executor but
- >> freezes executor now.
- >>
- >> Has anyone noticed similar problems?
-
- pjf> i'm running linux 1.2.11 (slackware). i ran the prog under
- pjf> 1.99o/a.out and under 1.99p/ELF and got the opposite results.
-
- pjf> 1.99p/ELF is faster for all tests except for the color test
- pjf> in which they were essentially equal.
-
- I don't have enough information to figure out what's going on, but one
- thing that will make a difference is whether or not Executor is using
- shared libraries that the rest of the programs currently running are
- using. If Executor uses different shared libraries from every other
- process then you have more virtual memory in use and may page more.
-
- --Cliff
-
-
-