Re: Performance Tuning

[Tim Bird]

john weber wrote:
> I've been comparing kernel compile stats online to those I get 
> on my own machine, and I am baffled.
>
> Kernel compiles take 6m38s on my P4 2.8GHz (with HT enabled) and 
> 512 MB RAM as compared to 20-30 seconds reported by folks online. 
> I am running kernel 2.6.6.
>
> While I understand that this varies with the config, I also don't 
> see why it should vary so much.  Does anyone have any pointers on 
> how I could best troubleshoot my performance?

I have used compiler cache, and gotten about 30-second
compiles, after the first one, on a P4 3.0GHz.

See:  http://ccache.samba.org/

However, this isn't addressing performance of your machine, per-se.

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Tim Bird
Architecture Group Co-Chair
CE Linux Forum
Senior Staff Engineer
Sony Electronics
E-mail: Tim.Bird@xxxxxxxxxxx
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