--- Carlos Munoz <carlos at kenati.com> wrote:
> Frank wrote: > > >I remember reading a while back that the 2.6 kernel is > >considerably slower then the 2.4 kernel (Wolfgang Denx). Has > >anybody taken any performance measurements on a later kernel > >version to see if the above still hods true? > > > >I'm thinking about moving to 2.6 since a lot of open source > >projects have stopped suporting the 2.4 kernel. > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection > around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ > >Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > >Linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org > >https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded > > > > > Hi Frank, > > While at my previous company we tried to move to the 2.6 > kernel (can't > remember the version, however it was a little over a year ago) > from the > 2.4.20 kernel. The 2.6 kernel could not keep up with our > stress tests, > not even close. Unfortunately, I don't have any hard data. We > spent > about 2 weeks trying to figure out why the performance > degradation. > However, since there was no real need to use the 2.6 kernel > other than > for better performance, and due to other pressing projects, > management > decided to put on hold the upgrade to 2.6, and as far as I > know they are > still on the 2.4 kernel. A lot has changed on 2.6 since then, > so maybe > the performance is better now. You can always compare them > both and post > your results. > > Thanks, > > > Carlos Munoz Thanks, I let eneryone know what i find out... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
