From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757040AbYELWuV (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2008 18:50:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755496AbYELWuK (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2008 18:50:10 -0400 Received: from xsmtp0.ethz.ch ([82.130.70.14]:12890 "EHLO XSMTP0.ethz.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755382AbYELWuJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2008 18:50:09 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 913 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 12 May 2008 18:50:09 EDT Message-ID: <4828C607.9020107@gmx.de> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 00:34:47 +0200 From: Dieter Ries User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080504) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: kakadu84@comcast.net CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Command-line tools for stress-testing SATA hard disks (and libata) References: <4828C05E.1010201@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <4828C05E.1010201@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 May 2008 22:34:53.0869 (UTC) FILETIME=[65E9BDD0:01C8B480] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, Bradley Chapman schrieb: > Can anyone here recommend a command-line disk benchmark or stress test > utility that doesn't need to be run in X (allowing me to test with > untainted kernels) and would be capable of producing a variety of I/O > access patterns that could trigger the errors I've seen during normal > usage? Why don't you just use the vesa driver and use your stress test utility in X? > Brad cu Dieter