BurnInTest For Linux Version 2 Beta Release

[Tim (PassMark)]

Thanks for reporting this, i've been able to reproduce it so there should be a new build available soon.

[schveiguy]

In the 32-bit command line version, setting the ActionOnError to Stop does not stop the test (this bug seems to exist in the 1.0 version also). I need this functionality in my automated test development...

Below is my config file (without comments)

<Logging>

LogFilename /tmp/

LogPrefix BiTLog2
Format Ascii
LogDetailLevel normal
TraceLevel 0
MaxFileLines 1000
LogMode ClearNew

</Logging>

<DutyCycles>
AutoStopMinutes 0
AutoStopCycles 0
CPU 50
CDDVD 0
Memory 50
Serial 50
Parallel 0
Disk 50
Network 50
</DutyCycles>

<Memory>
TestMemory
</Memory>

<Disk>

<Test>
Device /dev/sda
TestMode Cyclic
FileSize 1
</Test>
</Disk>

<CPU>
MathIntTest
MathFloatTest
</CPU>

<Network>

IP 192.168.1.1

BadPacketRatio 2
TimeOut 2000
</Network>

<Serial>

<Test>
Device ttys0
TestMode Loopback
</Test>

SendReceive 3500
BaudRate 9600
</Serial>

<Errors>
ActionOnError Stop
</Errors>

[Tim (PassMark)]

The beta for the next major version of BurnInTest for Linux is now available to download from,

http://www.passmark.com/ftp/burnintest2.0Beta-c.tar.gz
OR as a tar/zipped
http://www.passmark.com/ftp/burnintest2.0Beta-c.zip

Major New Features

• 32-bit and 64-bit versions of both the GUI and CLI in the one download. Previously a graphic user interface was only available to customers using the 32-bit version of BurnInTest for Linux. Now customers may use either the graphic user interface version or the command like version in both 32-bit and 64-bit Linux environments.
• USB port testing has been added. This allows our Linux customers the opportunity (like our BurnInTest Professional for Windows customers) to check the integrity of one the most important communications ports used by modern PCs. With the increasing reliance on USB for keyboards/mouses, external hard drives and other external devices (e.g. printers and scanners) the need to check that all of a computer's USB ports are functioning correctly is critical. Testing will require USB2.0 Loopback Plugs such as those sold by PassMark.
• Scripting support has been added. Scripting enables our Linux customers to integrate BurnInTest for Linux into their existing test procedures and help with test automation. Scripts can be written instructing the application as to when it should run; what tests and how many iterations should be run; and what the program should do once it has finished stress-testing (e.g. launch a different application, run a report).
• Hard Disks / USB memory sticks with no partition can now be tested using the disk test. An expansion of the hard disk drive testing requested by many customers, this will negate the need to partition drives before stress-testing. This will not only reduce the time needed to test computer systems (particularly assembly production of new PCs), it will also enable PC Vendors to offer 'fresh' systems to customers that prefer not to have their hard drives pre-partitioned.
• Network Test can now force network traffic over each network card in the system (up to 6). Previously it was not possible to bind the test to a particular NIC which meant that it wasn't really possible to test just one out of several NICs that may have been installed. The ability to bind the test to a nominated NIC (or NICs) saves time and increases efficiency.
• Significantly improved the memory test execution speed without any reduction in the thoroughness of the testing. This will save time and increase productivity, particularly for those customers that use BurnInTest for Linux in their assembly process.

Free Upgrades

When BurnInTest for Linux 2.0 is released commercially, upgrades to version 2 will be offered free to our current BurnInTest Linux customers.


Current Beta Release Notes

Converted help file to browser based html format
Added support for reiserfs and XFS in disk test (previously these were being ignored) and ext4
Added -F font size command line parameter
Added -D duration (minutes) command line parameter
Added -X duration (cycles) command line parameter
Added -S script command line paramter
Added -p command line parameter to cmd line version, allows update interval to be set
Added command line parameters to command line version to match
Added USB2 loopback test for use with Passmark USB plugs

Added scripting
- In command line version use command line flag
- GUI version new menu item under Test menu

Memory Test
- Improved memory test execution speed significantly
- Added option for memory test to select test pattern

Disk Test:
- Added ability to test hard disks that are un-partitioned (Raw hard disk test)
- Changed disk test window design, added total drive capacity
- Changed references of MBytes to MB
- Added ability to display GB instead of MB when a drive is greater than 1 GB
- Tweaked hard disk duty cycle effect so effect is more linear, decreasing by a small amount
from 100 will no longer result in a drastic cut to the speed of the test

Network Test:
- Increases number of test IP slots to 6
- Added option "Test All NICs" to bind each network card to an entered IP
- Tweaked network duty cycle effect so effect is more linear, decreasing by a small amount
from 100 will no longer result in a drastic cut to the speed of the test
- Changed MB sent/received to packets to give a clearer picture of how many packets are being
sent/received
- Changed flow rate MB/S to packets/s
- Network test name will now include which eth device is being tested

Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where tests could not automatically stop after a certain set amount of cycles
when running the CPU test on multi core cpus
- Fixed a bug with network test errors not displaying correctly
- Fixed a bug with the 2D graphics test where the total operations count was incorrect and
being inflated each cycle resulting in a higher operations count than there actually were
- Fixed a bug with command line version of disk test when testing multiple devices if the
underlying device block size differed the available and total space counts could be
calculated wrong and could lead to the disk test causing a "Device Full" error rather
than detecting when the device was running out of space and cleaning up files

Update: The official release of BurnInTest for Linux V2 has now taken place (19/Nov/200.