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在 2006-06-25日的 17:18 +0200，Etaoin Shrdlu写道： |
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> On Sunday 25 June 2006 06:01, Zhang Weiwu wrote: |
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> > Besides, is 64-big executable much faster then 32-bit executable? |
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> > P.S. I bet there must be an article somewhere on the Internet telling |
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> > how to get 64-bit linux running on sparcs, only that I didn't find it. |
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> Gentoo on sparc64 currently uses a 64 bit kernel and a 32 bit userland. |
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> The kernel is compiled with a different compiler than userland apps. |
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> See |
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> http://www.ultralinux.org/faq.html#q_1_5 |
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> http://devmanual.gentoo.org/archs/sparc/index.html |
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> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-sparc&m=110277902832636&w=2 |
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> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-sparc&m=110281060602052&w=2 |
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> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-sparc&m=109545333801428&w=2 |
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Thank you for the answer. Just another smaller question: from pruely a |
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user's view (who simply wish to use it, rather then from developer view |
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who might gain knowledge and fun doing it), is it worthy to try it |
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(64bit sparc)? |
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The original idea is the system as a print server is too slow (capable |
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of doing fast dithering for the inkjet printer, but not fast enough to |
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do real-time even-tone dithering to server the printer, usually cause |
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printer to wait for server), a rough gain of 20% to 30% CPU power, by my |
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guessing of observing top(1), should be enough for the printer. |
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Dithering is always a CPU intensive job and we do a lot of printing. |
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I observed kernel is taking only a very small percentage of CPU usage, |
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if I try hours to get 64-bit kernel running but only obtain 5% speed |
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gain, that may not be worth. Or should I try Solaris 10? Should Solaris |
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provide better performance in this very case? (how much performance gain |
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might happen? 10%? 20%?) I don't need a very close estimation, just if |
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someone can give me a very rough estimation is very helpful, for I am |
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not techincally able to do the decision:) |
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If switch to Solaris for performance (no offensive, I am a 5 year's |
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hardcore Linux user), generally speaking, is Solaris very compatible |
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with PCI cards like NEC USB controller, Promise IDE controller and |
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ethernet cards? |
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And thank you a lot for you time, |
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Etaoin Shrdlu |
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