Hi ide team,
i often heard "uh, since kernel 2.6.bla the ide perfomance is soo bad". Because of that (and the joy of writing bash scripts noone else will understand *g*) i wrote an automated test script to get comparable measurements.
The script compiles 2.6.0-2.6.11.6 (yes "" | make oldconfig), boots each kernel, runs hdparm/bonnie++ and create some pngs with gnuplot.
I ran the script on a Intel 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4/PIICeleron 333/IC35L040AVER07 machine and you can find the results here:
http://www.kiu.weite-welt.com/misc/idetest
I am quite busy at the moment and hopefully have time next month to clean up the scripts for a release (are you interested?) and do further testing...
This looks like a mixed bag: some regression, some clear improvements, mostly the same. Nice work!
Does this portray the IDE situation or more the situation of the PIIX chipset - I guess the code isn't changed as much since it should be rather mature?
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