1 NAME='Spew' 2 AUTHOR='Martin Bligh <mbligh (a] google.com>' 3 TEST_TYPE='client' 4 TEST_CATEGORY='Benchmark' 5 TEST_CLASS='Hardware' 6 TIME='MEDIUM' 7 DOC='''\ 8 The spew package is used to test I/O performance and to generate load 9 on character devices, block devices, and file systems. It is similar 10 to the lmdd program found in the lmbench test-suite 11 (http://www.bitmover.com/lmbench). It is a bit easier to use than lmdd 12 and has some added functionality. For example, it can test both 13 random and sequential I/O. 14 ''' 15 job.run_test('spew') 16
