Re: kernel performance update - 2.6.14-rc3

[Arjan van de Ven]

> dbench is catching some attention.  We just ran it with default
> parameter.  I don't think default parameter is the right one to use
> on some of our configurations.  For example, it shows +100% improvement

never ever consider dbench a serious benchmark; the thing is you can
make dbench a lot better very easy; just make the kernel run one thread
at a time until completion. dbench really gives very variable results,
but it is not really possible to say if +100% or -100% is an improvement
or a degredation for real life. So please just don't run it, or at least
don't interpret the results in a "higher is better" way.

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