Re: quite big breakthrough in the BAD network performance, which mm6 did not fix

From: Matt Heler (lkml_at_lpbproductions.com)
Date: 07/07/04

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    To: Redeeman <lkml@metanurb.dk>
    Date:	Tue, 6 Jul 2004 18:12:23 -0700
    
    

    Not to sound mean about this. But either you prove your claim with benchmarks
    in a controlled enviroment ( that means in a private network ), or you stop
    trolling and complaining. The linux kernel is a free piece of software, if
    you don't like one version of it, then feel free to use some earlier version.
    Otherwise please stop.

    Matt H.

    On Tuesday 06 July 2004 5:42 pm, Redeeman wrote:
    > On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 15:30 -0400, Horst von Brand wrote:
    > > Redeeman <lkml@metanurb.dk> said:
    > > > On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 17:54 -0700, Matt Heler wrote:
    > > > > Ok first take benchmarks ( use wget ), and secondly results from the
    > > > > internet vary day by day , hour to hour , minute by minute. Don't
    > > > > expect all sites on the internet to be the same speed, or even stay
    > > > > the same speed for that matter. For more accurate benchmark results
    > > > > setup a personal server on your own private network and benchmark
    > > > > http trasnfers using different kernels.
    > > >
    > > > i am aware of this, however, what i use to benchmark is kernel.org, as
    > > > i can see they have alot bandwith free.
    > >
    > > How do you know that?
    >
    > how i know? i dont think anyone in the matter of seconds begin to use
    > the spare ~800mbit/s of bandwith they do not use when i try, (according
    > to info from bwbar on kernel.org)
    >
    > > > if i use kernel.org http i get 50kb/s, if i use ftp, i can easily fetch
    > > > with 200kb/s
    > >
    > > Trafic shaping somewhere along the route? Much more load on HTTP than
    > > FTP? Are they the very same machines? Under the exact same load? Are the
    > > servers written with the same care? Are the clients?
    > >
    > > > also, the gnu ftp, where i took gcc3.4.1, it gave me 200kb/s
    > >
    > > Ditto.
    > >
    > > Unless you set up something where there aren't dozens of unknown
    > > variables and a hundred or so that you have got no chance at all to even
    > > guess what their values/effects are...
    >
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