From 99a350955150177edf840251817367d2c1a633ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Iustin Pop Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:47:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add a simple README --- README | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1b72aee --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +This is a set of small programs for testing startup costs using perf. + +Yes, this is mostly pointless, but it was fun to do it and to look at +the numbers. + +You'll need lots of packages installed to make all of the programs to +work. They should all be available in (Debian) Sid: + +- java: openjdk-6-jdk openjdk-6-jre-zero icedtea-6-jre-cacao icedtea-6-jre-jamvm gcj-4.6 +- python: python2.6 python2.7 python3.2 pypy +- etc. + +Main target is "make log", and it is recommended to run in in +single-user mode, and with an idle system. For consistency, also force +the make run on a single CPU (this might make things a tad slower, but +the results should be more stable). -- 2.39.5