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From: "Ralf Habacker" <Ralf DOT Habacker AT freenet DOT de>
To: "Cygwin" <cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
Subject: RE: Old Thread: Cygwin Performance
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 16:13:32 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Prince [mailto:tprince AT computer DOT org]
> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 10:58 PM
> To: Ralf Habacker
> Cc: Cygwin
> Subject: Re: Old Thread: Cygwin Performance
>
>
> Your patch adds lib_cygwin.c to the list of required source files, yet that
> new file is not included.

Sorry, I've only compared the original source files with the patched, so it fall through.
It's appended.

> Also, it causes Makefile to invoke the 'get -s' command, of whose function I am not aware.

I'm not aware too, I have recognized this in the Makefile, but I have ignored this :-)
>
> On my laptop, running linux, the lmbench-2beta2 version corrects a hang in
> the "stable version" code which makes a network connection.  Perhaps that is
> not supported anyway in your cygwin version.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ralf Habacker" <Ralf DOT Habacker AT freenet DOT de>
> To: "Tim Prince" <tprince AT computer DOT org>
> Cc: "Cygwin" <cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 10:29 AM
> Subject: RE: Old Thread: Cygwin Performance
>
>
> > > I'd suggest you offer your patch to the lmbench maintainers.  At one
> time,
> > > they were talking about supporting something for Windows.  If they don't
> > > adopt it, I suppose the other alternative is to offer to maintain a
> Cygwin
> > > port as an optional Cygwin package.  I'd certainly like to try your
> version.
> >
> > Perhaps it is the best, that you look at the patch before offering to the
> lmbench maintainer.
> > I should note some things to the patch:
> >
> > 1. It emulates rpc functions by adding a file "lib_cygwin.c" which
> contains empty rcp_...
> > functions,
> >    so that the rpc functions are disabled and will not be tested.
> >
> > 2. Because the makefile does not have any platform depending parts,
> generating lat_rpc.exe is
> > disabled
> >
> > 3. in scripts/lmbench I have added some ' echo -n "*" ' to enable visible
> feedback for the
> > long time execution of some benchmarks.
> >
> > 4. On problem I have recognized is with the "lat_select", it hangs on
> operation.
> >
> > 5. Because I don't have any compare of lmbench running time on other
> platforms I can't say if
> > this is okay. Some benchmarks need several minutes to run, but this may be
> okay.
> >
> > Regards
> > Ralf
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Ralf Habacker" <Ralf DOT Habacker AT freenet DOT de>
> > > To: "Tim Prince" <tprince AT computer DOT org>
> > > Cc: "Cygwin" <cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 11:44 AM
> > > Subject: RE: Old Thread: Cygwin Performance
> > >
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > > cygwin should have made some improvements in piping since then.
> Amazing
> > > the
> > > > > things I had time to do last year.  At that time, I got over  a few
> of
> > > the
> > > > > linux specific functions by the use of Chuck Wilson's useful
> packages,
> > > some
> > > > > of which should be integrated into cygwin now.  I commented out
> sections
> > > of
> > > > > lmbench which I couldn't figure out how to port.  This would be a
> useful
> > > > > port, particularly in view of the new performance issues brought up
> by
> > > XP.
> > > >
> > > > I have get running lmbench 2.0 on cygwin with some patches (removing
> rpc
> > > functions).
> > > >
> > > > Is there anyone who could verify this patch ? To whom should I send
> this
> > > patch ?
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Ralf
> > > >
> > > > > However, several of the organizations involved in lmbench are trying
> to
> > > stay
> > > > > clear of Bill Gates' vendetta against use of open software together
> with
> > > his
> > > > > products.  I was not employed by such an organization at the time I
> was
> > > > > beating on lmbench.
> > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Piyush Kumar" <piyush AT acm DOT org>
> > > > > To: "Cygwin AT Cygwin. Com" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> > > > > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 6:49 AM
> > > > > Subject: Old Thread: Cygwin Performance
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I picked this old thread from Oct 2000!!!
> > > > > > Tim reports that cygwin falls short by
> > > > > > performance compared to linux box by a
> > > > > > factor of 2 using lmbench. Is it still
> > > > > > the case? Or have things improved since
> > > > > > Oct 13(Unlucky date!! ;)??
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I was trying to compile lmbench 2.0 (Patch 2)
> > > > > > on my cygwin , no luck!!!! I couldnt compile it!
> > > > > > Anyone here has tried it before ?? Any luck?
> > > > > > I would be really interested in a lmbench port
> > > > > > on cygwin! If someone has already done it , please
> > > > > > let me know!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > --Piyush
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > =============================================================An
> Old
> > > Thread
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Re: Cygwin Performance Info
> > > > > > To: <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>, "Chris Abbey"
> <cabbey
> > > at
> > > > > > chartermi dot net>
> > > > > > Subject: Re: Cygwin Performance Info
> > > > > > From: "Tim Prince" <tprince at computer dot org>
> > > > > > Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 19:12:40 -0700
> > > > > > References:
> <4 DOT 3 DOT 2 DOT 7 DOT 0 DOT 20001013184237 DOT 00b6cd70 AT pop DOT bresnanlink DOT net>
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > --
> > > > > > ----
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When I attempted to run lmbench on this old box both under linux
> and
> > > cygwi
> > > > > n,
> > > > > > there were some tests on which cygwin/w2k fell short of linux by a
> > > factor
> > > > > of
> > > > > > 2 or more (opening files, pipe throughput, and the like), and then
> > > there
> > > > > > were the cache statistics on which cygwin beat linux by a small
> > > margin.  I
> > > > > > was expecting lmbench to become better adapted to cygwin, but I
> have
> > > no
> > > > > news
> > > > > > there.
> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: "Chris Abbey" <cabbey AT chartermi DOT net>
> > > > > > To: <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
> > > > > > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 4:51 PM
> > > > > > Subject: Re: Cygwin Performance Info
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > At 19:23 10/13/00 -0400, Laurence F. Wood wrote:
> > > > > > > >Can someone tell me where the performance hit is in cygwin unix
> > > > > > > >emulation?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > whichever part you use the most inside your tightest inner loop.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > seriously.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > that's a big huge open ended question (not about cygwin, about
> ANY
> > > > > > > library/platform) that is as specific to your application as you
> can
> > > > > > > get. For example, if you spend 75% of your computing day
> > > manipulating
> > > > > > > text files and piping them and greping them and running file
> utils
> > > > > > > against them then the cr/lf translation may be a big hit for
> you.
> > > > > > > On the otherhand if most of your computation in a day is spent
> > > answering
> > > > > > > requests that come in on tcp/ip sockets then the remapping of
> > > winsock
> > > > > > > to netinet.h functions maybe your major headache. (note, I'm not
> > > trying
> > > > > > > to imply that either function has a performance problem, merely
> that
> > > > > they
> > > > > > > would be representative places that would have high invocation
> > > counts
> > > > > > > in the course of the given activity.)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > To really answer that for your application/workload then you
> need to
> > > > > > > get some form of performance detailing that can tell you how
> much
> > > time
> > > > > > > you are spending in any given method and how often it's called.
> > > > > > >
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void pmap_unset(u_long prog, u_long b)
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