Hardware

Intel Core2duo 6600 at 2.4GHz, 2GB ram, Fedora Core 6 distribution. Kernals compiled with voluntary and BKL preemption.

glxgears frames per second fairness - random values generated
kernel startup minmax avgstddev minmax avgstddev Comments
2.6.20-1.2948.fc6 394.6
34.3
625.2
640.3
468.6
648.5
800.7
756.9
783.8
711.5
646.0
708.5
57.75
88.60
43.80
176832
172707
172025
195289
210151
205314
188693
198579
190195
7319.1
15067.9
12181.0
boot and two reruns
gears display and stop, xterms stop for 400-1500ms est. Very twitchy.
2.6.20-1.2948.fc6-x86_64 563.1
834.1
939.9
731.4
656.9
799.7
1046.8
1068.5
1032.8
890.2
886.5
932.8
100.16
106.71
75.95
209982
204131
195893
219504
221042
213010
214732
212010
206761
3635.7
6923.2
6531.4
boot and two reruns. Significant 1-2sec stops on boot, visible pauses on reruns.
2.6.21 279.0 482.9 778.2 582.1 92.19 482.9 778.2 582.1 92.19 untouched kernel.org
Visible startup stoppage, but lots of little jitter running. Several xterms stopped for >1sec.
2.6.21.1 187.6
543.8
594.1
445.9
485.8
437.2
591.8
622.2
598.0
529.1
548.8
531.3
40.65
38.61
49.39
175280
176098
175579
202454
190254
193228
191615
183278
185438
10243.2
5097.0
6350.2
boot and reruns
lots of pauses on various processes, not just the gears.
2.6.21.1-cfs-v13 796.7
801.7
794.0
777.2
803.8
754.8
836.6
832.1
856.4
805.8
819.8
808.4
18.77
8.54
33.05
226025
228147
226990
233694
236293
242531
229992
233048
233850
3535.1
3027.2
6521.3
boot and reruns
smooooth! And 1st run after boot matches reruns.
2.6.21.1-sd048 316.6
298.4
277.4
240.8
234.9
241.8
329.7
339.0
317.8
273.5
289.8
286.7
26.66
30.34
20.85
240026
252468
255778
273619
273907
275353
256654
263638
262933
13978.9
7921.5
7826.1
Very jerky but no prolonged stops observed.
2.6.21.1-sd048_rr4 343.7
305.7
309.2
242.6
252.4
221.9
307.3
359.1
312.1
281.1
302.5
277.8
18.30
30.21
31.59
249737
257627
252371
278365
266456
266619
262272
262155
262128
10496.3
4292.6
5781.6
Set the rr_interval down to 4. Still very jerky.
2.6.21-ck2 398.0
389.5
388.4
288.6
328.2
312.7
422.2
504.7
432.7
354.4
377.8
362.5
38.71
50.74
39.81
240773
234137
241433
248674
259312
248080
244484
245711
244681
2866.1
10134.3
2923.5
Table generated Tue May 22 21:02:05 2007 by GLanal v1.11 (Stable)