On Monday 22 January 2007 15:44, Todd Zullinger wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> I guess it boils down to you can believe what you want, and I can do >> the same. When I get a 3x increase in *effective* compiler speed by >> dropping selinux, then I think the conclusions I reach as a lifetime >> troubleshooter & medium grade JOAT should be obvious. I'm sorry it >> doesn't appear that way to others. > >I think the problem for others is that it's hard to tell exactly what >you've done and what you've changed in between these builds. Your >mails haven't been exactly clear, concise, step-by-step descriptions >of how to reproduce a massive compile time decrease by removing >SELinux from your kernel config. > >I'm sure you can appreciate that to properly test and verify something >it is best to make the absolute minimal amount of changes in the >system between tests so that other factors can be ruled out. > >The idea is to provide proof and the ability for others to verify. >There should be no reason for a timing test to come down to a matter >of belief. This isn't rocket science, but it's not church either. :) As I said in a previous posting, the only change between those two builds was ripping out the Livna versions of mplayer and mplayerplug-in and installing the Dries versions. And disabling selinux. Now which do you think might have had the major effect? -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
