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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeeder.sdsu.edu!newspump.sol.net!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!news.eunet.fi!sja From: sja@tekla.fi (Sakari Jalovaara) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: TCP latency Date: 26 Jul 1996 10:30:01 GMT Organization: Helsinki University of Technology Lines: 14 Message-ID: <SJA.96Jul26133001@tahma.tekla.fi> References: <31DEA3A3.41C67EA6@dyson.iquest.net> <Du681x.2Gy@kroete2.freinet.de> <31DFEB02.41C67EA6@dyson.iquest.net> <4rpdtn$30b@symiserver2.symantec.com> <31E16AF1.1568F730@lambert.org> <4rsmpk$quj@symiserver2.symantec.com> <x7687w1dsr.fsf@oberon.di.fc.ul.pt> <SJA.96Jul25124458@poveri.tekla.fi> <4t8cst$o0i@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: tahma.tekla.fi In-reply-to: ecki@inka.de's message of 25 Jul 1996 18:03:09 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.networking:46398 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4166 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:24433 >: A null syscall benchmark seems to reflect precious little real-world >: program behavior. It is not useful in comparing operating systems or >: even different versions of the same operating system. > > But it is VERY usefull for operating system programmers/designers to see how > well designed their trap/syscall interface is. And therefore a null-syscall > interface is an interesting number among others. Yep, someone tuning a detail of an OS can expect to write plenty of ten-line speed tests. Trying to make one such particular test portable seems like a waste of time. As does making such a fuss about it on netnews. ++sja