[Buildroot] [PATCH v3] New package: cache-calibrator

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 29/01/13 10:53, Stephan Hoffmann wrote:
> The Calibrator is a small C program that is supposed to analyze
> a computers (cache-) memory system and extract the following
> parameters:
>
>      number of cache levels
>      for each cache level:
>          its size
>          its linesize
>          its access/miss latency
>      main memory access latency
>      number of TLB levels
>      for each TLB level:
>          its capacity (i.e. number of entries)
>          the pagesize used
>          the TLB miss latency
>
> http://homepages.cwi.nl/~manegold/Calibrator/
>
> It is also recommended as a load generator for realtime testing in:
>
> https://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/RT_PREEMPT_HOWTO#Benchmarking
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephan Hoffmann<sho@relinux.de>

Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
  (untested)

> ---
> v2: Review by Arnout Vandecappelle
> 	Fix License

  Now I've looked at the license, it turns out to be _almost_ a BSD-3c. 
But not exactly, so 'Cache calibrator license' is a good approximation.

> 	Use $(TARGET_CFLAGS) and $(TARGET_LDFLAGS)
> 	Fix Typo
> 	Remove $(CACHE_CALIBRATOR_DIR)
> v3: Review by Thomas Petazzoni
> 	Fix CACHE_CALIBRATOR_EXTRACT_CMDS


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