On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Jacob Meuser <[email protected]> wrote: > > i386 > > 32-bit mfi frames (current code) > 32m23.04s 33m50.57s 10m49.27s > 32m31.09s 33m48.24s 10m51.21s > > 64-bit mfi frames (with patch) > 32m29.76s 33m36.95s 11m3.20s > 32m41.15s 33m38.55s 11m7.87s
> so, the question is, is the impact on i386 enough to warrant using > 32-bit frames on 32-bit platforms? if so, should this be decided > at runtime or compile time? I don't think so. It's under 1% in the worst case. That's a very small difference, and the fact that user time got *better* when it should have remained the same makes me think the difference is within the noise.
