Linux Benchmarking

[Jason Carson]

> Walter Dnes wrote:
>
>>   I'm working on putting together YAF (Yet Another FAQ) for Gentoo
>> newbies.  It's almost as much of a HOW_NOT_TO as it is a HOW_TO.  It
>> will mention stuff like...
>>   - *NOT* unrolling every last single loop or implementing every last
>>     single exotic generic compiler "optimization"
>>   - *NOT* exceeding -O2

My gentoo optimizations are the following and everything works fine

-O3 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -pipe -m3dnow
-mmmx -msse



>>   - *NOT* exceeding "MAKEOPTS=-j1"
>>   - *NOT* using fbsplash until you have Gentoo up and running first.
>>     For that matter, avoid framebuffer altogether if you can.  This may
>>     not be an option on non-X86 architectures.
>>   - *NOT* using PAM unless you are already familiar with it.  Gentoo has
>>     a steep learning curve.  PAM has a steep learning curve.  Learning
>>     *BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME* is more like climbing up the side of
>>     a cliff.
>
> Sounds good, you just missed the final obvious caveat ;-)
>
>    - *NOT* wasting your time compiling software
>
> Fraser
>
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