linux-kernel - Re: Dhrystone -- userland version

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Message-ID: <Y77WEO43H8eIPA5U@duo.ucw.cz>
Date:   Wed, 11 Jan 2023 16:30:24 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...i.de>
Cc:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: Dhrystone -- userland version

Hi!

> >> > 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.

Hehe, nice trick, but it does not work for me:

boinc --run_cpu_benchmarks

does not actually seem to run the benchmarks. Anyway, it is 3MB
project for few kilobytes of benchmarks...

Best regards,
								Pavel
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