Re: whetstone test

[Sergei Gavrikov <sergei.gavrikov@gmail.com>]

Hi John,

John Dallaway wrote:

> Hi Sergei
> 
> Sergei Gavrikov wrote:
> 
> > Can you, please, check copyright header for that whetstone.c (1.2) from
> > NetBSD packages?
> > 
> > IANAL and I would withdraw my questions if NetBSD trunk is not (C)-pass.
> 
> IANAL either.
> 
> I note that we _do_ have a precedent for including benchmark code with
> no stated copyright and licensing terms. Namely, the dhrystone test:
> 
> http://ecos.sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ecos/packages/kernel/current/tests/dhrystone.c?rev=1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=ecos

Yep, I did take a look on the dhrystone's header in CVS at that moment
and I thought, Why not have the same reservation about whetstone test,
but still...

> In my opinion, including a whetstone test adapted from the original
> whets.c code from http://www.roylongbottom.org.uk/whets.c would be
> acceptable (avoiding other versions with company copyright notices). Do
> any of the other maintainers have an opinion on this?

> I would be inclined to place the test alongside the dhrystone test in
> the kernel package with similar pre-processor tests for correct
> configuration of eCos, similar implementation of dtime() and similar use
> of __ECOS__ to annotate eCos-specific changes. I would also suggest
> #ifdefs allowing the test to build both with and without libm since only
> two of the test sections (N5, N8) appear to require libm.

Thank you for your expert opinion.

If other maintainers would have no objection on the source of the test I
would adapt its source code for eCos environment/needs, test and post a
result patch to eCos Bugzilla registrar.

Thank you,
Sergei

> John Dallaway
> eCos maintainer