Guus and all...
There is a mailing list on
realtimelinux.org
which has been set up for this sort of discussion.
Although it focussed on the RealTime aspects of the kernel I see no reason
not to extend this to the
Kernel in general.
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I also have some time to devote to this activity as it is a subject of great
interest to me.
This is a bit of an "instant" reaction but I can help in the following ways:-
1.. help set up ( host even if required ) a web site to collect and
distribute results.
2.. set up a database with web access to record / recover data.
3.. monitor and revise test methods as required
4.. perform reference tests on selected hardware
5.. help set up testers to do their own tests.
6.. provide ftp site for test programs and results
7.. help with the creation or maintenance of a testing FAQ.
Any suggestions / comments would be welcome.
Regards
Phil Wilshire
> Hello everybody,
>
> Because of the recent performance problems with the latest kernels and all
> the discussion around, mostly based on "the machine feels sluggish"
> instead of "this version has a 13.5% drop in large writes to [...]", I
> feel that a standard Linux kernel benchmark suite should be made. I've
> already seen people using programs named "bonnie" or otherwise, but those
> only test specific features of the kernel. Besides, I wouldn't know whom
> to send the results of those tests too if I were to help and run these
> benchmarks on my machines. So I suggest creating LKBS:
>
> - includes test programs the kernel developpers have written
> - runs somewhere early after booting (perhaps by starting it instead of
> /sbin/init, or in a seperate runlevel)
> - records all relevant data from the machine (kernel version, config, cpu,
> memory, drives, etc.)
> - puts all data together in easilly parsed (both human and machine
> ofcourse) file and sends it to a main benchmark repository
> - should be free for download from a natural place
> (ftp.kernel.org, package for your $DISTRO) and easy to install/run.
>
> I don't know what you think of it, or if there already are such things. If
> not, I'd happily volunteer to start this project.
>
> Met vriendelijke groet,
> Guus Sliepen.
>
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