This is a program used to benchmark your /proc/meminfo, you need to time it using the time program (TIME(1)), simply run make to build it, then execute it like so:
time ./test
If the results are over 30s of system time, your /proc/meminfo is slow. On my P166MMX overclocked to 187Mhz it takes 12s system time, on a dual ppro 180Mhz we tested it took 1:02s (yes, thats 1 minute and 2 seconds). Both were running kernel 2.2.
We also ran the same test on a 400Mhz celeron using both 2.2 and 2.4, on 2.2 it took 11s, on 2.4 it took 4s.
I would love to hear the results of any tests you perform using this, email results to me.
- Vito Caputo swivel@gnugeneration.com GNU Generation www.gnugeneration.com