From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id f841Ikj06526 for linux-mips-outgoing; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 18:18:46 -0700 Received: from dea.linux-mips.net (u-155-21.karlsruhe.ipdial.viaginterkom.de [62.180.21.155]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id f841Ihd06523 for ; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 18:18:44 -0700 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f841IDl08799; Tue, 4 Sep 2001 03:18:13 +0200 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 03:18:13 +0200 From: Ralf Baechle To: Fuxin Zhang Cc: "linux-mips@oss.sgi.com" Subject: Re: kernel test & benchmark tools? Message-ID: <20010904031813.B8728@dea.linux-mips.net> References: <200109031754.f83Hsod32239@oss.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200109031754.f83Hsod32239@oss.sgi.com>; from fxzhang@ict.ac.cn on Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 01:56:42AM +0800 X-Accept-Language: de,en,fr Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 01:56:42AM +0800, Fuxin Zhang wrote: > hello,linux-mips > I have barely finished porting 2.4 kernel to Algorithmics P6032 board.Now I want > to make it more stable and run faster,is there any well-known test or benchmark tools used > by mips kernel group? There are too many benchmark around,I don't know which is better suit > for kernel test. I heard that linus use lmbench? lmbench is just a microbenchmark which tests certain very specific aspects of the system call interface. Application performance can be very different. I suggest to search google or a well sorted ftp server for benchmarks - there are many. Ralf