2.4.x vs. 2.6.x

[Hugo V. <hvw...@ya...>]

Hi Team!

Yesterday I was watching the one video I watch on
xine, The Pianist, on the secondary PCI MX-440
monitor. And I noticed that xine was not complaining
the system was too slow!

Googling I found this:
http://groups.google.com.au/groups?hl=en&lr=&selm=34eU2-fv-17%40gated-at.bofh.it
(on the still sane google!)

Sure enough: modifying wmcpuload to log its results,
which calculates the total CPU load, I get:

2.6.9            2.4.29
09:28:04 CPU=85% 09:20:15 CPU=48%...........-37%
09:28:05 CPU=84% 09:20:16 CPU=48% ...........-36%
09:28:06 CPU=84% 09:20:17 CPU=47%...........-37%
09:28:07 CPU=83% 09:20:18 CPU=51%...........-32%
09:28:08 CPU=85% 09:20:19 CPU=52%...........-33%
09:28:09 CPU=83% 09:20:20 CPU=53%...........-30%
09:28:10 CPU=89% 09:20:21 CPU=61%...........-28%
09:28:11 CPU=96% 09:20:22 CPU=61%...........-35%
09:28:12 CPU=93% 09:20:23 CPU=63%...........-30%
09:28:13 CPU=92% 09:20:24 CPU=62%...........-30%
09:28:14 CPU=88% 09:20:25 CPU=63%...........-25%
09:28:15 CPU=89% 09:20:26 CPU=62%...........-27%
09:28:16 CPU=88% 09:20:27 CPU=60%...........-28%
09:28:17 CPU=89% 09:20:28 CPU=62%...........-27%
09:28:18 CPU=88% 09:20:29 CPU=63%...........-25%
09:28:19 CPU=93% 09:20:30 CPU=63%...........-30%
09:28:20 CPU=91% 09:20:31 CPU=61%...........-30%
09:28:21 CPU=90% 09:20:32 CPU=61%...........-29%
09:28:22 CPU=87% 09:20:33 CPU=61%...........-26%
09:28:23 CPU=91% 09:20:34 CPU=63%...........-28%
09:28:24 CPU=87% 09:20:35 CPU=61%...........-26%
09:28:25 CPU=90% 09:20:36 CPU=62%...........-28%
09:28:26 CPU=91% 09:20:37 CPU=63%...........-28%
09:28:27 CPU=91% 09:20:38 CPU=63%...........-28%
09:28:28 CPU=93% 09:20:39 CPU=60%...........-33%
09:28:29 CPU=92% 09:20:40 CPU=61%...........-31%
09:28:30 CPU=89% 09:20:41 CPU=61%...........-28%
09:28:31 CPU=89% 09:20:42 CPU=63%...........-26%
09:28:32 CPU=91% 09:20:43 CPU=62%...........-29%
09:28:33 CPU=92% 09:20:44 CPU=62%...........-30%
09:28:34 CPU=92% 09:20:45 CPU=61%...........-31%
09:28:35 CPU=94% 09:20:46 CPU=64%...........-30%
09:28:36 CPU=94% 09:20:47 CPU=62%...........-32%

An average of 30% less CPU load on 2.4.29!
This is all the same: Debian Sarge, nothing running
but xine, except for the kernel differences!

Hugo.







		
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