Re: [9fans] 9bench: lmbench for Plan 9

2008-03-22 Thread erik quanstrom
> As for the utility of the benchmarks, come on. I know there are people > on this list who write kernel code (hmm, I seem to recall somebody > on here who does a lot of work on networking drivers...) and they > may find it useful to get these kinds of measurements to see if > changes have improved

Re: [9fans] 9bench: lmbench for Plan 9

2008-03-22 Thread john
>> Is a port of lmbench considered a modified benchmark? >> I understand you cannot publish results saying it´s the output >> of lmbench if you changed the bechmark, but only because you >> used a ported one...? >> >> Funny in any case. > > you're also not allowed to publish partial results. the

Re: [9fans] 9bench: lmbench for Plan 9

2008-03-22 Thread erik quanstrom
> Is a port of lmbench considered a modified benchmark? > I understand you cannot publish results saying it´s the output > of lmbench if you changed the bechmark, but only because you > used a ported one...? > > Funny in any case. you're also not allowed to publish partial results. they have rea

Re: [9fans] 9bench: lmbench for Plan 9

2008-03-22 Thread Francisco J Ballesteros
Is a port of lmbench considered a modified benchmark? I understand you cannot publish results saying it´s the output of lmbench if you changed the bechmark, but only because you used a ported one...? Funny in any case. On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 12:18 PM, hiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps th

Re: [9fans] 9bench: lmbench for Plan 9

2008-03-22 Thread hiro
Perhaps the copyright owner just wanted to make fun of intellectual property;)

Re: [9fans] 9bench: lmbench for Plan 9

2008-03-21 Thread erik quanstrom
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 10:51 AM, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As I note in the README, lmbench's license carries the additional > > > restriction that you cannot publish results from modified benchmarks, > > > so keep your results to yourself. > > > > doesn't generating unp

Re: [9fans] 9bench: lmbench for Plan 9

2008-03-21 Thread ron minnich
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 10:51 AM, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As I note in the README, lmbench's license carries the additional > > restriction that you cannot publish results from modified benchmarks, > > so keep your results to yourself. > > doesn't generating unpublishable r

Re: [9fans] 9bench: lmbench for Plan 9

2008-03-21 Thread erik quanstrom
> As I note in the README, lmbench's license carries the additional > restriction that you cannot publish results from modified benchmarks, > so keep your results to yourself. doesn't generating unpublishable results defeat the purpose of a benchmark? - erik

[9fans] 9bench: lmbench for Plan 9

2008-03-21 Thread john
I've just finished porting what we thought were the 8 most useful benchmarks from the lmbench v.2 suite to run natively in Plan 9. The benchmarks are: bw_file_rd: Measure file read bandwidth bw_mem: Measure memory bandwidth for a several different operations bw_pipe: Measure pipe bandwidth bw_tcp: