Re: [quad core results] BFS vs. mainline scheduler benchmarks andmeasurements

From: Xavier Bestel
Date: Mon Sep 07 2009 - 11:24:50 EST



On Mon, 2009-09-07 at 07:45 -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Sep 2009 16:41:51 +0300
> > >It shows similar curves and behavior to the 8-core results i posted
> > >- BFS is slower than mainline in virtually every measurement. The
> > >ratios are different for different parts of the graphs - but the
> > >trend is similar.
> >
> > Dude, not cool.
> >
> > 1. Quad HT is not the same as a 4-core desktop, you're doing it with
> > 8 cores
>
> 4 cores, 8 threads. Which is basically the standard desktop cpu going
> forward... (4 cores already is today, 8 threads is that any day now)

Except on your typical smartphone, which will run linux and probably
vastly outnumber the number of "traditional" linux desktops.

Xav



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