Re: VAX static vs dynamic performance

[Anders Magnusson <ragge%ludd.ltu.se@localhost>]

David Brownlee skrev 2014-04-24 00:47:
> I thought I'd test the static vs dynamic netbsd-6 install on simh (on
> my T420s thinkpad). Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your
> view) the numbers do not seem to be significant.
>
> Timed by hand, repeated a couple of times:
>
>  From completion of kernel load sizes line until login prompt
> - dynamic: ~58 sec
> - static: ~56 sec
>
> Login as root with empty password, from RETURN to # prompt
> - dynamic: ~19 sec
> - static: ~18 sec
Thanks for testing this.  Only a few % slower would be expected, since 
there is not much difference between PIC and non-PIC code on vax.

-- Ragge