Subject: Re: x86 Port outperforms SPARC64 port on NetBSD v2.0.2
To: Philip Jensen <phil_jensen@yahoo.com>
From: Chris Fuhrman <cfuhrman@gmail.com>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 10/04/2005 10:13:38
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Phillip,
Where I work, we do a lot of string manipulation and utilize Oracle 8i (soo=
n
to be 10g I hope) for transaction processing. We also provide a mapping
service to our clients that utilizes Esri's ArcSDE software. What we've
found is that our main data-base server, (a 4 processor E450 ... 450MHz eac=
h
... yes, it's scheduled to be replaced this year) is significantly slower a=
t
both string processing and when Oracle has to manipulate a large amount of
mapping data.
We had the opportunity to test a V890 ( I think it had 16 dual-core
processors ... 1.2GHz each ) for a couple of months. My tests showed an
improvement of 3x over the E450. I do not remember how good mapping
performance was on that particular box although I do know that a Sun i86 bo=
x
pretty much left the V890 in the dust.
If you do a lot of crypto, consider purchasing a Crypto accelerator from
Sun. If you want to watch OpenSSH crawl, try logging into something like a
SPARCstation 2 ... it is an exercise in patience ;)
Just a couple of notes:
1. Remember, i86 CPUs were not really designed to run UNIX operating
systems. SPARCs are.
2. While Sun SPARC servers can be a bit on the pokey side, they are
very well built and hold up well. I think we had to have a CPU replaced =
on
one of the E450's a while ago --- under warrenty --- but other than that
they've held up well.
HTH :)
On 9/30/05, Philip Jensen <phil_jensen@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Gentlemen
>
> Just wanted to get some ideas from the group at large. I often run Zope
> (http://www.zope.org) as my application server (it is built with
> Python), and for sometime have thought it would perform really well on
> SPARC64 due to the 64-bit addressing available. The main reason being
> Zope stores all its data in a single file (Data.fs) on the filesystem
> which can grow to GB in size. However some tests I have performed using
> funkload have demonstrated otherwise with a P3 600MHz Laptop
> outperforming an UltraSPARC IIi 400MHz.
>
> Additionally after reading another comment on the NetBSD forums about
> regression testing python on SPARC64, I did a regression test using
> /usr/pkg/lib/python2.3/test/regrtest.py and found python core dumped on
> the "*isinstance" test.
>
> Funkload was run locally on both machines, talking to localhost to avoid
> any network issues.
>
> So should x86 be faster (almost twice as fast) in this instance?
> Does python suck on SPARC64 still due to threading issues?
>
> thanks
> Phil J
>
>
> Detailed information below, machines dmesg is first with the funkload
> results after that.
>
> Machine info:-
> _x86_
> NetBSD 2.0.2 (GENERIC_LAPTOP) #0: Wed Mar 23 08:59:09 UTC 2005
>
> jmc@faith.netbsd.org
> :/home/builds/ab/netbsd-2-0-2-RELEASE/i386/200503220140Z-obj/home/builds/=
ab/netbsd-2-0-2-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC_LAPTOP
> total memory =3D 255 MB
> avail memory =3D 244 MB
> BIOS32 rev. 0 found at 0xfd890
> PCI BIOS rev. 2.1 found at 0xfd9ae
> pcibios: config mechanism [1][x], special cycles [x][x], last bus 1
> PCI IRQ Routing Table rev. 1.0 found at 0xfdf50, size 144 bytes (7
> entries)
> PCI Interrupt Router at 000:07:0 (Intel 82371FB PCI-to-ISA Bridge (PIIX)
> compatible)
> ------------------------------------------
> device vendor product pin PIRQ IRQ stage
> ------------------------------------------
> 000:04:0 0x104c 0xac1c A 0x00 11 0 fixed up
> 000:04:1 0x104c 0xac1c A 0x00 11 0 fixed up
> 000:07:2 0x8086 0x7112 D 0x03 5 0 already assigned
> 000:08:0 0x125d 0x1978 A 0x03 5 0 already assigned
> 001:00:0 0x1002 0x4c4d A 0x00 11 0 already assigned
> ------------------------------------------
> PCI fixup examining 8086:7190
> PCI fixup examining 8086:7191
> PCI fixup examining 1002:4c4d
> PCI bridge 0: primary 0, secondary 1, subordinate 1
> PCI fixup examining 104c:ac1c
> PCI bridge 1: primary 0, secondary 2, subordinate 2
> PCI fixup examining 104c:ac1c
> PCI bridge 2: primary 0, secondary 3, subordinate 3
> PCI fixup examining 8086:7110
> PCI fixup examining 8086:7111
> PCI fixup examining 8086:7112
> PCI fixup examining 8086:7113
> PCI fixup examining 125d:1978
> PCI bus #3 is the last bus
> [System BIOS Setting]-----------------------
> device vendor product
> register space address size
> --------------------------------------------
> 000:00:0 0x8086 0x7190
> 10h mem 0xe0000000 0x04000000
> [OK]
> 000:01:0 0x8086 0x7191
> [OK]
> 000:04:0 0x104c 0xac1c
> 10h mem 0x10000000 0x00001000
> [OK]
> 000:04:1 0x104c 0xac1c
> 10h mem 0x10001000 0x00001000
> [OK]
> 000:07:0 0x8086 0x7110
> [OK]
> 000:07:1 0x8086 0x7111
> 20h port 0x00001050 0x00000010
> [OK]
> 000:07:2 0x8086 0x7112
> 20h port 0x00001060 0x00000020
> [OK]
> 000:07:3 0x8086 0x7113
> [OK]
> 000:08:0 0x125d 0x1978
> 10h port 0x00001400 0x00000100
> [OK]
> 001:00:0 0x1002 0x4c4d
> 10h mem 0xfd000000 0x01000000
> 14h port 0x00002000 0x00000100
> 18h mem 0xfc000000 0x00001000
> [OK]
> --------------------------[ 0 devices bogus]
> Physical memory end: 0x0ffec000
> PCI memory mapped I/O space start: 0x10000000
> mainbus0 (root)
> cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor)
> cpu0: Intel Pentium III (686-class), 601.39 MHz, id 0x683
> cpu0: features 387f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR>
> cpu0: features 387f9ff<PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,PN,MMX>
> cpu0: features 387f9ff<FXSR,SSE>
> cpu0: I-cache 16 KB 32B/line 4-way, D-cache 16 KB 32B/line 4-way
> cpu0: L2 cache 256 KB 32B/line 8-way
> cpu0: ITLB 32 4 KB entries 4-way, 2 4 MB entries fully associative
> cpu0: DTLB 64 4 KB entries 4-way, 8 4 MB entries 4-way
> cpu0: serial number 0000-0683-0002-4106-1B31-57E4
> cpu0: 8 page colors
> pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
> pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
> pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0
> pchb0: Intel 82443BX Host Bridge/Controller (rev. 0x03)
> agp0 at pchb0: aperture at 0xe0000000, size 0x4000000
> ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0: Intel 82443BX AGP Interface (rev. 0x03)
> pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
> pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled
> vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0: ATI Technologies Rage Mobility (rev. 0x64)
> wsdisplay0 at vga1 kbdmux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
> cbb0 at pci0 dev 4 function 0: Texas Instruments PCI1225 PCI-CardBus
> Bridge (rev. 0x01)
> cbb1 at pci0 dev 4 function 1: Texas Instruments PCI1225 PCI-CardBus
> Bridge (rev. 0x01)
> pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0
> pcib0: Intel 82371AB PCI-to-ISA Bridge (PIIX4) (rev. 0x02)
> piixide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1
> piixide0: Intel 82371AB IDE controller (PIIX4) (rev. 0x01)
> piixide0: bus-master DMA support present
> piixide0: primary channel wired to compatibility mode
> piixide0: primary channel interrupting at irq 14
> atabus0 at piixide0 channel 0
> piixide0: secondary channel wired to compatibility mode
> piixide0: secondary channel ignored (disabled)
> uhci0 at pci0 dev 7 function 2: Intel 82371AB USB Host Controller
> (PIIX4) (rev. 0x01)
> uhci0: interrupting at irq 5
> usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
> uhub0 at usb0
> uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> Intel 82371AB Power Management Controller (PIIX4) (miscellaneous bridge,
> revision 0x03) at pci0 dev 7 function 3 not configured
> esm0 at pci0 dev 8 function 0: ESS Technology, Inc. Maestro 2E PCI Audio
> Accelerator (rev. 0x10)
> esm0: interrupting at irq 5
> esm0: ac97: SigmaTel STAC9721/23 codec; 18 bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, SigmaTel
> 3D
> audio0 at esm0: full duplex, mmap, independent
> cbb0: interrupting at irq 11
> cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0
> cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 2 device 0
> pcmcia0 at cardslot0
> cbb1: interrupting at irq 11
> cardslot1 at cbb1 slot 1 flags 0
> cardbus1 at cardslot1: bus 3 device 0
> pcmcia1 at cardslot1
> isa0 at pcib0
> lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378-0x37b irq 7
> com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
> com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
> pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
> pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
> pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
> wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
> pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
> pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
> wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
> pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
> midi0 at pcppi0: PC speaker
> sysbeep0 at pcppi0
> isapnp0 at isa0 port 0x279: ISA Plug 'n Play device support
> npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: using exception 16
> isapnp0: no ISA Plug 'n Play devices found
> apm0 at mainbus0: Power Management spec V1.2
> Kernelized RAIDframe activated
> ex0 at cardbus0 dev 0 function 0: 3Com 3c575CT Ethernet
> ex0: MAC address 00:50:da:8e:de:d8
> tqphy0 at ex0 phy 0: 78Q2120 10/100 media interface, rev. 11
> tqphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> ep0 at pcmcia1 function 0: 3Com 3c589 10Mbps Ethernet
> ep0: address 00:10:5a:6a:ab:ed, 8KB byte-wide FIFO, 5:3 Rx:Tx split
> ep0: 10baseT, 10base5, 10base2 (default 10baseT)
> wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <FUJITSU MHK2120AT>
> wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
> wd0: 11513 MB, 23392 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 23579136
> sectors
> wd0: 32-bit data port
> wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 4 (Ultra/66)
> wd0(piixide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (Ultra/33) (using
> DMA data transfers)
> boot device: wd0
> root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
> root file system type: ffs
> ex0: interrupting at 11
> wsdisplay0: screen 1 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> wsdisplay0: screen 2 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> wsdisplay0: screen 3 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> wsdisplay0: screen 4 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
>
>
>
> _SPARC64_
> NetBSD 2.0.2 (GENERIC) #0: Wed Mar 23 01:40:44 UTC 2005
>
> builds@works.netbsd.org
> :/home/builds/ab/netbsd-2-0-2-RELEASE/sparc64/200503220140Z-obj/home/buil=
ds/ab/netbsd-2-0-2-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/sparc64/compile/GENERIC
> total memory =3D 512 MB
> avail memory =3D 490 MB
> bootpath: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3,0/disk@0,0
> mainbus0 (root): SUNW,Ultra-5_10: hostid 80fd8a69
> cpu0 at mainbus0: SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi @ 400 MHz, version 0 FPU
> cpu0: 32K instruction (32 b/l), 16K data (32 b/l), 2048K external (64 b/l=
)
> psycho0 at mainbus0 addr 0xfffc4000
> SUNW,sabre: impl 0, version 0: ign 7c0 bus range 0 to 2; PCI bus 0
> DVMA map: c0000000 to e0000000
> IOTSB: d44000 to dc4000
> pci0 at psycho0
> pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled
> ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 1: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Simba PCI bridge
> (rev. 0x13)
> pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
> pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled
> ebus0 at pci1 dev 1 function 0
> ebus0: Sun Microsystems, Inc. PCIO Ebus2, revision 0x01
> auxio0 at ebus0 addr 726000-726003, 728000-728003, 72a000-72a003,
> 72c000-72c003, 72f000-72f003
> power at ebus0 addr 724000-724003 ipl 37 not configured
> SUNW,pll at ebus0 addr 504000-504002 not configured
> sab0 at ebus0 addr 400000-40007f ipl 43: rev 3.2
> sabtty0 at sab0 port 0
> sabtty1 at sab0 port 1
> com0 at ebus0 addr 3083f8-3083ff ipl 41: ns16550a, working fifo
> com0: console
> kbd0 at com0 (console input)
> com1 at ebus0 addr 3062f8-3062ff ipl 42: ns16550a, working fifo
> ms0 at com1
> lpt0 at ebus0 addr 3043bc-3043cb, 30015c-30015d, 700000-70000f ipl 34
> fdthree at ebus0 addr 3023f0-3023f7, 706000-70600f, 720000-720003 ipl 39
> not configured
> clock0 at ebus0 addr 0-1fff: mk48t59
> flashprom at ebus0 addr 0-fffff not configured
> audiocs0 at ebus0 addr 200000-2000ff, 702000-70200f, 704000-70400f,
> 722000-722003 ipl 35 ipl 36: CS4231A
> audio0 at audiocs0: full duplex
> hme0 at pci1 dev 1 function 1: Sun Happy Meal Ethernet, rev. 1
> hme0: interrupting at ivec 3021
> hme0: Ethernet address 08:00:20:fd:8a:69
> nsphy0 at hme0 phy 1: DP83840 10/100 media interface, rev. 1
> nsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> ATI Technologies 3D Rage Pro (VGA display, revision 0x5c) at pci1 dev 2
> function 0 not configured
> cmdide0 at pci1 dev 3 function 0
> cmdide0: CMD Technology PCI0646 (rev. 0x03)
> cmdide0: bus-master DMA support present
> cmdide0: primary channel configured to native-PCI mode
> cmdide0: using ivec 1820 for native-PCI interrupt
> atabus0 at cmdide0 channel 0
> cmdide0: secondary channel configured to native-PCI mode
> atabus1 at cmdide0 channel 1
> ppb1 at pci0 dev 1 function 0: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Simba PCI bridge
> (rev. 0x13)
> pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
> pci2: i/o space, memory space enabled
> pcons at mainbus0 not configured
> No counter-timer -- using %tick at 400MHz as system clock.
> Kernelized RAIDframe activated
> wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <ST340014A>
> wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing
> wd0: 38166 MB, 77545 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 78165360
> sectors
> wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)
> wd0(cmdide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)
> atapibus0 at atabus1: 2 targets
> cd0 at atapibus0 drive 0: <CRD-8483B, 2000/05/10, 1.00> cdrom removable
> cd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (Ultra/33)
> cd0(cmdide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)
> root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
> root file system type: ffs
>
>
>
> Fairly informal performance results:-
>
> _x86_
> # time for i in 1 2 3^Jdo^Jfl-run-test -cv test_Zope.py^Jdone
> test_00_verifyExample (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_anonymous_reader (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleFileLibrary (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleGuestBook (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleNavigation (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleShoppingCart (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_flushCache (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_packZodb (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_restart (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ran 9 tests in 15.418s
>
> OK
> test_00_verifyExample (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_anonymous_reader (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleFileLibrary (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleGuestBook (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleNavigation (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleShoppingCart (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_flushCache (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_packZodb (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_restart (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ran 9 tests in 12.625s
>
> OK
> test_00_verifyExample (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_anonymous_reader (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleFileLibrary (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleGuestBook (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleNavigation (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleShoppingCart (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_flushCache (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_packZodb (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_restart (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ran 9 tests in 12.749s
>
> OK
> 42.87s real 1.54s user 0.17s system
>
>
>
> _SPARC64_
> # time for i in 1 2 3^Jdo^Jfl-run-test -cv test_Zope.py^Jdone
> test_00_verifyExample (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_anonymous_reader (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleFileLibrary (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleGuestBook (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleNavigation (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleShoppingCart (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_flushCache (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_packZodb (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_restart (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ran 9 tests in 32.321s
>
> OK
> test_00_verifyExample (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_anonymous_reader (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleFileLibrary (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleGuestBook (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleNavigation (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleShoppingCart (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_flushCache (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_packZodb (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_restart (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ran 9 tests in 26.332s
>
> OK
> test_00_verifyExample (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_anonymous_reader (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleFileLibrary (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleGuestBook (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleNavigation (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_exampleShoppingCart (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_flushCache (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_packZodb (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
> test_restart (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ran 9 tests in 26.564s
>
> OK
> 89.67s real 3.21s user 0.47s system
>
>
--
Chris Fuhrman
cfuhrman@gmail.com
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Phillip,<br>
<br>
Where I work, we do a lot of string manipulation and utilize Oracle 8i
(soon to be 10g I hope) for transaction processing. We also
provide a mapping service to our clients that utilizes Esri's ArcSDE
software. What we've found is that our main data-base server, (a
4 processor E450 ... 450MHz each ... yes, it's scheduled to be replaced
this year) is significantly slower at both string processing and when
Oracle has to manipulate a large amount of mapping data.<br>
<br>
We had the opportunity to test a V890 ( I think it had 16 dual-core
processors ... 1.2GHz each ) for a couple of months. My tests
showed an improvement of 3x over the E450. I do not remember how
good mapping performance was on that particular box although I do know
that a Sun i86 box pretty much left the V890 in the dust.<br>
<br>
If you do a lot of crypto, consider purchasing a Crypto accelerator
from Sun. If you want to watch OpenSSH crawl, try logging into
something like a SPARCstation 2 ... it is an exercise in patience ;)<br>
<br>
Just a couple of notes:<br>
<ol>
<li>Remember, i86 CPUs were not really designed to run UNIX operating sys=
tems. SPARCs are.</li>
<li>While Sun SPARC servers can be a bit on the pokey side, they are
very well built and hold up well. I think we had to have a CPU
replaced on one of the E450's a while ago --- under warrenty --- but
other than that they've held up well.</li>
</ol>
HTH :)<br>
<br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 9/30/05, <b class=3D"gmail_senderna=
me">Philip Jensen</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:phil_jensen@yahoo.com">phil_jen=
sen@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; p=
adding-left: 1ex;">
Hello Gentlemen<br><br>Just wanted to get some ideas from the group at larg=
e. I often run Zope<br>(<a href=3D"http://www.zope.org">http://w=
ww.zope.org</a>) as my application server (it is built with<br>Python), and=
for sometime have thought it would perform really well on
<br>SPARC64 due to the 64-bit addressing available. The main rea=
son being<br>Zope stores all its data in a single file (Data.fs) on the fil=
esystem<br>which can grow to GB in size. However some tests I ha=
ve performed using
<br>funkload have demonstrated otherwise with a P3 600MHz Laptop<br>outperf=
orming an UltraSPARC IIi 400MHz.<br><br>Additionally after reading another =
comment on the NetBSD forums about<br>regression testing python on SPARC64,=
I did a regression test using
<br>/usr/pkg/lib/python2.3/test/regrtest.py and found python core dumped on=
<br>the "*isinstance" test.<br><br>Funkload was run locally on bo=
th machines, talking to localhost to avoid<br>any network issues.<br><br>
So should x86 be faster (almost twice as fast) in this instance?<br>Does py=
thon suck on SPARC64 still due to threading issues?<br><br>thanks<br>Phil J=
<br><br><br>Detailed information below, machines dmesg is first =
with the funkload
<br>results after that.<br><br>Machine info:-<br>_x86_<br>NetBSD 2.0.2 (GEN=
ERIC_LAPTOP) #0: Wed Mar 23 08:59:09 UTC 2005<br><br>jmc@faith.netbsd.org:/=
home/builds/ab/netbsd-2-0-2-RELEASE/i386/200503220140Z-obj/home/builds/ab/n=
etbsd-2-0-2-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC_LAPTOP
<br>total memory =3D 255 MB<br>avail memory =3D 244 MB<br>BIOS32 rev. 0 fou=
nd at 0xfd890<br>PCI BIOS rev. 2.1 found at 0xfd9ae<br>pcibios: config mech=
anism [1][x], special cycles [x][x], last bus 1<br>PCI IRQ Routing Table re=
v.=20
1.0 found at 0xfdf50, size 144 bytes (7 entries)<br>PCI Interrupt Router at=
000:07:0 (Intel 82371FB PCI-to-ISA Bridge (PIIX)<br>compatible)<br>-------=
-----------------------------------<br> device vendor product pi=
n PIRQ IRQ stage
<br>------------------------------------------<br>000:04:0 0x104c 0xac1c&nb=
sp; A 0x00 11 0 &nb=
sp;fixed up<br>000:04:1 0x104c 0xac1c A 0x00 &n=
bsp;11 0 fixed up<br>000:07:2 0x8086 0x71=
12 D 0x03 5 0 &nbs=
p; already assigned<br>
000:08:0 0x125d 0x1978 A 0x03 5 &nb=
sp;0 already assigned<br>001:00:0 0x1002 0x4c4d =
; A 0x00 11 0  =
;already assigned<br>------------------------------------------<br>PCI fixu=
p examining 8086:7190<br>PCI fixup examining 8086:7191
<br>PCI fixup examining 1002:4c4d<br>PCI bridge 0: primary 0, secondary 1, =
subordinate 1<br>PCI fixup examining 104c:ac1c<br>PCI bridge 1: primary 0, =
secondary 2, subordinate 2<br>PCI fixup examining 104c:ac1c<br>PCI bridge 2=
: primary 0, secondary 3, subordinate 3
<br>PCI fixup examining 8086:7110<br>PCI fixup examining 8086:7111<br>PCI f=
ixup examining 8086:7112<br>PCI fixup examining 8086:7113<br>PCI fixup exam=
ining 125d:1978<br>PCI bus #3 is the last bus<br>[System BIOS Setting]-----=
------------------
<br> device vendor product<br> register space address=
size<br>-------------------------------------------=
-<br>000:00:0 0x8086 0x7190<br> &n=
bsp;10h mem 0xe0000000 0x04000000<br> &nb=
sp; [OK]<b=
r>000:01:0 0x8086 0x7191
<br>  =
; [OK]<br>000:04:0 0x104c 0xac1c<br> &nbs=
p; 10h mem 0x10000000 0x00001000<br=
> &n=
bsp; [OK]<br>000:04:1 0x104c 0xac1c<br> &=
nbsp; 10h mem 0x10001000 0x00001000<br>&n=
bsp;  =
; [OK]<br>000:07:0 0x8086 0x7110
<br>  =
; [OK]<br>000:07:1 0x8086 0x7111<br> &nbs=
p; 20h port 0x00001050 0x00000010<br> &nb=
sp; =
[OK]<br>000:07:2 0x8086 0x7112<br>  =
; 20h port 0x00001060 0x00000020<br> &nbs=
p; [=
OK]<br>000:07:3 0x8086 0x7113
<br>  =
; [OK]<br>000:08:0 0x125d 0x1978<br> &nbs=
p; 10h port 0x00001400 0x00000100<br> &nb=
sp; =
[OK]<br>001:00:0 0x1002 0x4c4d<br>  =
; 10h mem 0xfd000000 0x01000000<br> =
14h port 0x00002000 0x00000100
<br> 18h mem 0xfc=
000000 0x00001000<br> =
[OK]<br>-------------------------=
-[ 0 devices bogus]<br> Physical memory end: 0x0ffec000<br> PCI =
memory mapped I/O space start: 0x10000000<br>mainbus0 (root)<br>
cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor)<br>cpu0: Intel Pentium III (686-class), 60=
1.39 MHz, id 0x683<br>cpu0: features 387f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,=
MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR><br>cpu0: features 387f9ff<PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,PN=
,MMX>
<br>cpu0: features 387f9ff<FXSR,SSE><br>cpu0: I-cache 16 KB 32B/line =
4-way, D-cache 16 KB 32B/line 4-way<br>cpu0: L2 cache 256 KB 32B/line 8-way=
<br>cpu0: ITLB 32 4 KB entries 4-way, 2 4 MB entries fully associative<br>
cpu0: DTLB 64 4 KB entries 4-way, 8 4 MB entries 4-way<br>cpu0: serial numb=
er 0000-0683-0002-4106-1B31-57E4<br>cpu0: 8 page colors<br>pci0 at mainbus0=
bus 0: configuration mode 1<br>pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/l=
ine, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
<br>pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0<br>pchb0: Intel 82443BX Host Bridge/Cont=
roller (rev. 0x03)<br>agp0 at pchb0: aperture at 0xe0000000, size 0x4000000=
<br>ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0: Intel 82443BX AGP Interface (rev. 0x03)
<br>pci1 at ppb0 bus 1<br>pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled<br>vga1 at =
pci1 dev 0 function 0: ATI Technologies Rage Mobility (rev. 0x64)<br>wsdisp=
lay0 at vga1 kbdmux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)<br>wsmux1: connecti=
ng to wsdisplay0
<br>cbb0 at pci0 dev 4 function 0: Texas Instruments PCI1225 PCI-CardBus<br=
>Bridge (rev. 0x01)<br>cbb1 at pci0 dev 4 function 1: Texas Instruments PCI=
1225 PCI-CardBus<br>Bridge (rev. 0x01)<br>pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0
<br>pcib0: Intel 82371AB PCI-to-ISA Bridge (PIIX4) (rev. 0x02)<br>piixide0 =
at pci0 dev 7 function 1<br>piixide0: Intel 82371AB IDE controller (PIIX4) =
(rev. 0x01)<br>piixide0: bus-master DMA support present<br>piixide0: primar=
y channel wired to compatibility mode
<br>piixide0: primary channel interrupting at irq 14<br>atabus0 at piixide0=
channel 0<br>piixide0: secondary channel wired to compatibility mode<br>pi=
ixide0: secondary channel ignored (disabled)<br>uhci0 at pci0 dev 7 functio=
n 2: Intel 82371AB USB Host Controller
<br>(PIIX4) (rev. 0x01)<br>uhci0: interrupting at irq 5<br>usb0 at uhci0: U=
SB revision 1.0<br>uhub0 at usb0<br>uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, =
rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1<br>uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered<br>
Intel 82371AB Power Management Controller (PIIX4) (miscellaneous bridge,<br=
>revision 0x03) at pci0 dev 7 function 3 not configured<br>esm0 at pci0 dev=
8 function 0: ESS Technology, Inc. Maestro 2E PCI Audio<br>Accelerator (re=
v. 0x10)
<br>esm0: interrupting at irq 5<br>esm0: ac97: SigmaTel STAC9721/23 codec; =
18 bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, SigmaTel 3D<br>audio0 at esm0: full duplex, mmap, i=
ndependent<br>cbb0: interrupting at irq 11<br>cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flag=
s 0
<br>cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 2 device 0<br>pcmcia0 at cardslot0<br>cbb1: =
interrupting at irq 11<br>cardslot1 at cbb1 slot 1 flags 0<br>cardbus1 at c=
ardslot1: bus 3 device 0<br>pcmcia1 at cardslot1<br>isa0 at pcib0<br>lpt0 a=
t isa0 port 0x378-0x37b irq 7
<br>com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo<br>com1 at =
isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo<br>pckbc0 at isa0 port =
0x60-0x64<br>pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)<br>pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slo=
t
<br>wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0<br>pms0 at pckbc0 =
(aux slot)<br>pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot<br>wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0<b=
r>pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61<br>midi0 at pcppi0: PC speaker<br>sysbeep0 at pc=
ppi0
<br>isapnp0 at isa0 port 0x279: ISA Plug 'n Play device support<br>npx0 at =
isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: using exception 16<br>isapnp0: no ISA Plug 'n Play dev=
ices found<br>apm0 at mainbus0: Power Management spec V1.2<br>Kernelized RA=
IDframe activated
<br>ex0 at cardbus0 dev 0 function 0: 3Com 3c575CT Ethernet<br>ex0: MAC add=
ress 00:50:da:8e:de:d8<br>tqphy0 at ex0 phy 0: 78Q2120 10/100 media interfa=
ce, rev. 11<br>tqphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
<br>ep0 at pcmcia1 function 0: 3Com 3c589 10Mbps Ethernet<br>ep0: address 0=
0:10:5a:6a:ab:ed, 8KB byte-wide FIFO, 5:3 Rx:Tx split<br>ep0: 10baseT, 10ba=
se5, 10base2 (default 10baseT)<br>wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <FUJITSU MHK21=
20AT>
<br>wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing<br>wd0: 115=
13 MB, 23392 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 23579136 sectors<br>wd0=
: 32-bit data port<br>wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA=
mode 4 (Ultra/66)
<br>wd0(piixide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (Ultra/33) (using=
<br>DMA data transfers)<br>boot device: wd0<br>root on wd0a dumps on wd0b<b=
r>root file system type: ffs<br>ex0: interrupting at 11<br>wsdisplay0: scre=
en 1 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
<br>wsdisplay0: screen 2 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)<br>wsdisplay0: scre=
en 3 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)<br>wsdisplay0: screen 4 added (80x25, v=
t100 emulation)<br><br><br><br>_SPARC64_<br>NetBSD 2.0.2 (GENERIC) #0: Wed =
Mar 23 01:40:44 UTC 2005
<br><br>builds@works.netbsd.org:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-2-0-2-RELEASE/sparc6=
4/200503220140Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-2-0-2-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/sparc6=
4/compile/GENERIC<br>total memory =3D 512 MB<br>avail memory =3D 490 MB<br>
bootpath: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3,0/disk@0,0<br>mainbus0 (root): SUNW,Ultra=
-5_10: hostid 80fd8a69<br>cpu0 at mainbus0: SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi @ 400 MHz, =
version 0 FPU<br>cpu0: 32K instruction (32 b/l), 16K data (32 b/l), 2048K e=
xternal (64 b/l)
<br>psycho0 at mainbus0 addr 0xfffc4000<br>SUNW,sabre: impl 0, version 0: i=
gn 7c0 bus range 0 to 2; PCI bus 0<br>DVMA map: c0000000 to e0000000<br>IOT=
SB: d44000 to dc4000<br>pci0 at psycho0<br>pci0: i/o space, memory space en=
abled
<br>ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 1: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Simba PCI bridge<=
br>(rev. 0x13)<br>pci1 at ppb0 bus 1<br>pci1: i/o space, memory space enabl=
ed<br>ebus0 at pci1 dev 1 function 0<br>ebus0: Sun Microsystems, Inc. PCIO =
Ebus2, revision 0x01
<br>auxio0 at ebus0 addr 726000-726003, 728000-728003, 72a000-72a003,<br>72=
c000-72c003, 72f000-72f003<br>power at ebus0 addr 724000-724003 ipl 37 not =
configured<br>SUNW,pll at ebus0 addr 504000-504002 not configured<br>sab0 a=
t ebus0 addr 400000-40007f ipl 43: rev=20
3.2<br>sabtty0 at sab0 port 0<br>sabtty1 at sab0 port 1<br>com0 at ebus0 ad=
dr 3083f8-3083ff ipl 41: ns16550a, working fifo<br>com0: console<br>kbd0 at=
com0 (console input)<br>com1 at ebus0 addr 3062f8-3062ff ipl 42: ns16550a,=
working fifo
<br>ms0 at com1<br>lpt0 at ebus0 addr 3043bc-3043cb, 30015c-30015d, 700000-=
70000f ipl 34<br>fdthree at ebus0 addr 3023f0-3023f7, 706000-70600f, 720000=
-720003 ipl 39<br>not configured<br>clock0 at ebus0 addr 0-1fff: mk48t59
<br>flashprom at ebus0 addr 0-fffff not configured<br>audiocs0 at ebus0 add=
r 200000-2000ff, 702000-70200f, 704000-70400f,<br>722000-722003 ipl 35 ipl =
36: CS4231A<br>audio0 at audiocs0: full duplex<br>hme0 at pci1 dev 1 functi=
on 1: Sun Happy Meal Ethernet, rev. 1
<br>hme0: interrupting at ivec 3021<br>hme0: Ethernet address 08:00:20:fd:8=
a:69<br>nsphy0 at hme0 phy 1: DP83840 10/100 media interface, rev. 1<br>nsp=
hy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto<br>ATI Technologi=
es 3D Rage Pro (VGA display, revision 0x5c) at pci1 dev 2
<br>function 0 not configured<br>cmdide0 at pci1 dev 3 function 0<br>cmdide=
0: CMD Technology PCI0646 (rev. 0x03)<br>cmdide0: bus-master DMA support pr=
esent<br>cmdide0: primary channel configured to native-PCI mode<br>cmdide0:=
using ivec 1820 for native-PCI interrupt
<br>atabus0 at cmdide0 channel 0<br>cmdide0: secondary channel configured t=
o native-PCI mode<br>atabus1 at cmdide0 channel 1<br>ppb1 at pci0 dev 1 fun=
ction 0: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Simba PCI bridge<br>(rev. 0x13)<br>pci2 at =
ppb1 bus 2
<br>pci2: i/o space, memory space enabled<br>pcons at mainbus0 not configur=
ed<br>No counter-timer -- using %tick at 400MHz as system clock.<br>Kerneli=
zed RAIDframe activated<br>wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <ST340014A><br>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing<br>wd0: 38166=
MB, 77545 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 78165360 sectors<br>wd0: =
drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)<br>
wd0(cmdide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)<b=
r>atapibus0 at atabus1: 2 targets<br>cd0 at atapibus0 drive 0: <CRD-8483=
B, 2000/05/10, 1.00> cdrom removable<br>cd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, =
DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (Ultra/33)
<br>cd0(cmdide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfer=
s)<br>root on wd0a dumps on wd0b<br>root file system type: ffs<br><br><br><=
br>Fairly informal performance results:-<br><br>_x86_<br># time for i in 1 =
2 3^Jdo^Jfl-run-test -cv test_Zope.py^Jdone
<br>test_00_verifyExample (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_anonymous_reader =
(test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_exampleFileLibrary (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<=
br>test_exampleGuestBook (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_exampleNavigation =
(test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
<br>test_exampleShoppingCart (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_flushCache (te=
st_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_packZodb (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_resta=
rt (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br><br>-----------------------------------------=
-----------------------------
<br>Ran 9 tests in 15.418s<br><br>OK<br>test_00_verifyExample (test_Zope.Zo=
pe) ... Ok<br>test_anonymous_reader (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_example=
FileLibrary (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_exampleGuestBook (test_Zope.Zop=
e) ... Ok
<br>test_exampleNavigation (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_exampleShoppingC=
art (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_flushCache (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>t=
est_packZodb (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_restart (test_Zope.Zope) ... O=
k
<br><br>-------------------------------------------------------------------=
---<br>Ran 9 tests in 12.625s<br><br>OK<br>test_00_verifyExample (test_Zope=
.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_anonymous_reader (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_exam=
pleFileLibrary (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
<br>test_exampleGuestBook (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_exampleNavigation=
(test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_exampleShoppingCart (test_Zope.Zope) ... O=
k<br>test_flushCache (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_packZodb (test_Zope.Zo=
pe) ... Ok
<br>test_restart (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br><br>---------------------------=
-------------------------------------------<br>Ran 9 tests in 12.749s<br><b=
r>OK<br> 42.87s real 1.54s user &n=
bsp; 0.17s system<br><br><br><br>_SPARC64_
<br># time for i in 1 2 3^Jdo^Jfl-run-test -cv test_Zope.py^Jdone<br>test_0=
0_verifyExample (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_anonymous_reader (test_Zope=
.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_exampleFileLibrary (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_ex=
ampleGuestBook (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
<br>test_exampleNavigation (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_exampleShoppingC=
art (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_flushCache (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>t=
est_packZodb (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_restart (test_Zope.Zope) ... O=
k
<br><br>-------------------------------------------------------------------=
---<br>Ran 9 tests in 32.321s<br><br>OK<br>test_00_verifyExample (test_Zope=
.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_anonymous_reader (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_exam=
pleFileLibrary (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
<br>test_exampleGuestBook (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_exampleNavigation=
(test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_exampleShoppingCart (test_Zope.Zope) ... O=
k<br>test_flushCache (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_packZodb (test_Zope.Zo=
pe) ... Ok
<br>test_restart (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br><br>---------------------------=
-------------------------------------------<br>Ran 9 tests in 26.332s<br><b=
r>OK<br>test_00_verifyExample (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_anonymous_rea=
der (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
<br>test_exampleFileLibrary (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_exampleGuestBoo=
k (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_exampleNavigation (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok=
<br>test_exampleShoppingCart (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_flushCache (te=
st_Zope.Zope) ... Ok
<br>test_packZodb (test_Zope.Zope) ... Ok<br>test_restart (test_Zope.Zope) =
... Ok<br><br>-------------------------------------------------------------=
---------<br>Ran 9 tests in 26.564s<br><br>OK<br> 89.67s real&n=
bsp; 3.21s
user 0.47s system<br><br></blockquote></div><br><b=
r clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Chris Fuhrman<br><a href=3D"mailto:cfuhrman@gmai=
l.com">cfuhrman@gmail.com</a><br>
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