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authorArne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de>2011-07-19 23:22:28 +0200
committerArne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de>2011-07-19 23:22:28 +0200
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more discussion of the test results
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Test results
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-Quite good. We expected that the microkernel design of the Hurd would have a far more severe performance hit.
+The results of the test from Phoronix were quite good. We expected that the microkernel design of the Hurd would have a far more severe performance hit.
-Some explanations:
+Some possible explanations:
-* CPU bound.
+* The tests were mostly CPU bound.
* IPCs [are no more such a problem on recent hardware][ipc].
-* The emulation layer should rather make the context switches worse, so it’s likely not at play.
-[ipc]: http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.51.16
+And a non-explanation:
+
+The emulation layer should rather make the context switches worse, so it’s likely not at play.
+[ipc]: http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.51.16
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