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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?
>     Thanks in advance.
> Regards


In addition to lmbench, we have also used PCTS, a POSIX compliant test suite. 
There are some issues in cross-compiling environment, but it should be
straightforward if you do a native build.

http://www.itl.nist.gov/div897/ctg/posix_form.htm

Jun