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Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 14:52:24 +0100
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...i.de>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: Dhrystone -- userland version
Hi Jan,
On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 2:32 PM Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...i.de> wrote:
> On Monday 2023-01-09 01:45, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> >On Sun, Jan 08, 2023 at 07:47:07PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> >> > However, as this is not Linux-specific, how hard can it be to convince
> >> > your distro to include https://github.com/qris/dhrystone-deb.git?
> >> > Usually, when I have a full userspace available, I just clone the above,
> >> > and debuild it myself.
> >>
> >> Dunno. I'd not solve it if package was in Debian, but it is not.
> >
> >I would suspect the better long-term solution would be to get the
> >package into Debian, since that will be easier for people to use. I
> >suspect the reason why most distros don't include it is because it
> >really is a **terrible** benchmark for most use cases.
>
> (All of) you could install boinc-client and just exercise
> --run_cpu_benchmarks without (I think) attaching to any particular
> computing project. The package should be in distros and you get
> both Dhrystone and Whetstone.
Thanks, but I really want an in-kernel benchmark, as a full userland
may not be available during early development.
BTW, boinc doesn't seem to work under Wayland, spewing lots of
"Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key", before printing Dhrystone and
Whetstone numbers...
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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