From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BBB7C46467 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2023 13:53:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231855AbjAKNxm (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2023 08:53:42 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:42778 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S238741AbjAKNxI (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2023 08:53:08 -0500 Received: from mail-qt1-f173.google.com (mail-qt1-f173.google.com [209.85.160.173]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B978F10EC for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2023 05:52:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-qt1-f173.google.com with SMTP id d16so795230qtw.8 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2023 05:52:39 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=tAUo9g+pZ7MGFpWgfp8Hgfry4Aku45YtfI7WJ19iP2c=; b=bqeMXJc6OFBQasYaspezdnuV1BKaiuIAcUwaydUY8k1lED/bzBhKijVLU+dF9HuoZ7 gkEOCd/SI4Er9laG5V92aFG/vPF/1P0yLWH+QFXrT67uK7OX+6OoDZ0Xr9NdF44McUCI IoqpSL6isiP3gpJT9XkkYjNHCSDM//3ueCjmNwuAiRbRuQZqp6J5R8CRJRl+sqeC3CsC HXpQQoPw2vd3hqDqgvb/D9PE4O55fNYLLy255vhrml8XRg6sPU0qqGU8eyt2HH4y3doT MqsH9yz/v44JKBKQBNkxSBvgjJXmkTtGvhY5h66hhb9aMTqM23vuxCFP7/L7bs/zCpi6 5M5A== X-Gm-Message-State: AFqh2kovsqtNYM1U8onJSzH2J/u1iL8gMGOR47+0ch9Mpqb6uBEJGaIG 2fF9E57TTz3ClIheyZ62xr/Up+NZuoPOBw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMrXdXtvxHVDp4g1uhDpj6VMwhWm9PqR885FSwZqZD6lAZ4GNfKrfFgcCimS4SACHN493lT386YCqg== X-Received: by 2002:ac8:4e04:0:b0:3ab:5dc7:6bf0 with SMTP id c4-20020ac84e04000000b003ab5dc76bf0mr98351490qtw.36.1673445158551; Wed, 11 Jan 2023 05:52:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-yw1-f173.google.com (mail-yw1-f173.google.com. [209.85.128.173]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c8-20020ac86608000000b003a4f435e381sm7546377qtp.18.2023.01.11.05.52.37 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 11 Jan 2023 05:52:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-yw1-f173.google.com with SMTP id 00721157ae682-4a2f8ad29d5so195227647b3.8 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2023 05:52:37 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 2002:a0d:fb81:0:b0:480:fa10:459e with SMTP id l123-20020a0dfb81000000b00480fa10459emr333518ywf.283.1673445157171; Wed, 11 Jan 2023 05:52:37 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <614os9n2-2sq1-2qnr-56q6-1qq628271175@vanv.qr> In-Reply-To: <614os9n2-2sq1-2qnr-56q6-1qq628271175@vanv.qr> From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 14:52:24 +0100 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: Dhrystone -- userland version To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" , Pavel Machek , kernel list , Andrew Morton Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Jan, On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 2:32 PM Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Monday 2023-01-09 01:45, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > >On Sun, Jan 08, 2023 at 07:47:07PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > >> > However, as this is not Linux-specific, how hard can it be to convince > >> > your distro to include https://github.com/qris/dhrystone-deb.git? > >> > Usually, when I have a full userspace available, I just clone the above, > >> > and debuild it myself. > >> > >> Dunno. I'd not solve it if package was in Debian, but it is not. > > > >I would suspect the better long-term solution would be to get the > >package into Debian, since that will be easier for people to use. I > >suspect the reason why most distros don't include it is because it > >really is a **terrible** benchmark for most use cases. > > (All of) you could install boinc-client and just exercise > --run_cpu_benchmarks without (I think) attaching to any particular > computing project. The package should be in distros and you get > both Dhrystone and Whetstone. Thanks, but I really want an in-kernel benchmark, as a full userland may not be available during early development. BTW, boinc doesn't seem to work under Wayland, spewing lots of "Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key", before printing Dhrystone and Whetstone numbers... Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds