Hikey-Tester

This test script is designed to measure the performance of I/O schedulers, in particular with NOOP and BFQ schedulers, using the Hikey "LeMaker" Board running Android.

These benchmarks have been written just for internal use. In particular, we did not spend time in guaranteeing that the programs have a homogeneous interface, or any error.

Dependencies

This script requires on the Hikey Board:

• fio

How to install

To use the Hikey-Tester there are very simple steps to reproduce:

• Download the .zip file containing all the necessary files
• Extract the files from the .zip to a folder
• Create a folder named "Hikey-Tester" on the Hikey Board using adb

$ adb shell mkdir /sdcard/Hikey-Tester/

• Copy all the files inside the board using adb in the correct folder

Install using setup script

To make this installation even easier there is a script named "setupHikey.sh" which automatically installs all the files to the Hikey Board.
After extracted the .zip you have just to

• Go inside the extracted folder using the terminal:

$ cd /path/to/folder

• Execute the script:

$ ./setupHikey.sh

Basic usage

Log using adb:

$ adb shell

Get root permissions:

$ su

Go into the Hikey-Tester folder using the terminal:

# cd /sdcard/Hikey-Tester/

Run the Hikey-Tester.sh script under root permissions:

# sh Hikey-Tester.sh

• Execute sh Hikey-Tester.sh -h for more options.

Demo

It is also provided a simple demo script named "Hikey-Demo.sh" which simplifies the use of the test script, running a series of default tests.

• Execute sh Hikey-Demo.sh -h for more options.

Info

For more information about BFQ and its integration in Android visit BFQ on Android

License

This program is under GNU General Public License