[parisc-linux] performance

[Alex deVries]

Alan Cox wrote:
> > http://www.spec.org/osg/web99/results/res2000q4/
> >
> > This shows some PA-RISC machines running HPUX performing reasonably
> > well.
> 
> Specweb is basically a con. Its not a materially valuable benchmark. It benches
> how fast your irq handler path is, how fast your memory cache is, how good
> your DMA transfers are. It has almost nothing to do with how good a web
> server the box is.

I agree that specweb might not actually be functionally practical.

This might not be the case with specweb, but sometimes specifications do
have the ability to influence customers regardless of their validity.

That's interesting for one reason: if the marketing helps make potential
customers think that parisc-linux is fast, they'll buy parisc boxes, and
HP is more likely to allocate developer time on this project.

- Alex

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