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From: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
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On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 07:40:22PM +0300, Hans Reiser wrote:

 > >> Try running with the -E option for gcc, it might be less CPU intensive, 
 > >> and thus a better FS benchmark.
 > >> What do you think?
 > >It's hardly a realistic real-world benchmark if you start nobbling
 > >bits of it though.  Not reading the preprocessed output is sure
 > >to bump the benchmark points on an fs optimised for lots of small
 > >writes.
 > Sigh.  The alternative is to strace the compile, write a perl scipt or 
 > something to get just the FS related calls out of it, and then create a 
 > program with just the FS related calls. gcc -E sounds easier to me.;-)

It still seems like perverting a benchmark to turn it into dbench to me.

		Dave

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