Kernel Tuning Gives 40% Gains

Table 6. Test Results of UP1000 System Running 2.4.0-test6 Kernel


Running 2.4.0-test6        make -j 1    make -j 2    make -j 4    make -j 8
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Unpatched: kernel              25.0         25.5         26.7         34.4
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Patched: kernel                18.0         18.2         18.7         26.1
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Speedup                        38.8%        40.1%        42.8%        31.8%
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