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Linux 2.6.20-rc6 Kernel Performance

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the up-and-to-the-right dept.

Michael writes "The Linux 2.6.20 kernel will feature KVM support, Playstation 3 support, and a variety of other improvements. With the Linux 2.6.20-rc6 kernel out the door, Phoronix has written a performance comparison of the Linux 2.6.20-rc6 kernel against the 2.6.19 and 2.6.19.2 kernels in a variety of benchmarks."

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  1. PS3 eh? by pkcs11 · · Score: 0, Troll

    So support PS3, cyrx86 and other obscure hardware but lets not include things like slightly uncommon LCD monitors, and a myriad of other far more common bits of hardware.
    Make way for more sony rootkits!

    --
    "I have an odd craving to whisper about those few frightful hours in that ill-rumored and evilly shadowed seaport of dea
  2. Re:PS-3 by Hitto · · Score: 1, Troll

    - Where's the tinkering involved? Don't take this the wrong way, but today's linux distros install themselves if you ask me. Oh, you mean, managing to make anything prettier than e17 run on a 256-megs-of-ram-machine? English isn't my native language, but I don't call that "tinkering", more like "believing in magic".

      - Accessing specific parts of the hardware is just as crippled on the PS3 as it is on the PS2. Hopefully, this update will allow us to bypass sony's fucktardery.

      - So making it a big selling point and advertising this feature countless times in countless slashvertisements ("A CELL PROCESSOR BASED LINUX, FORGET ABOUT OUR ROOTKIT, YOU CAN EVEN RUN FOLDING@HOME ON IT!!!") means "DO NOT INSTALL LINUX ON THE PS3, PLEASE, YOU DASHING REBEL, YOU"?

  3. Re:Same here by Slashcrap · · Score: 0, Troll

    So far, I have written a prototype application that runs 5x faster on the PS3's Cell than on the highest end Woodcrest Xeon at 3.0 GHz.

    Let me guess - it adds together two 64 bit numbers and then discards the result?