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From: rnovak@mips.com (Robert E. Novak)
Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks
Subject: Re: X-terminal benchmarks
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Date: 12 Nov 90 19:56:07 GMT
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Are the sources for the benchmarks available?

Do the benchmarks take any steps to verify that the requested operations
are actually performed by the server?

SPEC has been looking at the various X benchmarks but they have all been
unsuitable since there is no verification of operation.  My
understanding is that with X11R4 it is possible to read back from the
server a bitmap of the drawing that was created on the server.  Once
this capability is in place, SPEC will probably be more aggressive in
exploring graphics performance.

One of th base requirements for all SPEC benchmarks (as you may have
guessed) is that the results of a program can be mechanically verified
against known good results.
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