C H A P T E R 15 |
Multiprocessor Test (mptest) |
The mptest verifies the hardware functionality of multiprocessor hardware. The test provides diagnostic test coverage for different aspects of multiprocessor functionality such as E-Cache Coherency, Synchronization Primitives, I/O Cache Coherency and Shared Memory, and Interprocessor Interrupts.
The mptest is adaptive to different cache size and line sizes. The test causes cache coherency operations for E-Cache and I/O Cache. It also tests the synchronization primitives provided by the sparcv8/sparcv9 architecture.
mptest is not supported on sun4m platforms in SunVTS 5.1 PS6 onward.
To reach the dialog box below, right-click on the test name in the System Map and select Test Parameter Options. If you do not see this test in the System Map, you might need to expand the collapsed groups, or your system may not include the device appropriate to this test. Refer to the SunVTS User's Guide for more details.
The processors that can be tested are listed in the Configuration area of the menu. You can enable or disable the multiprocessing test for individual processors on this menu.
The options listed in can be run alone or concurrently with other options.
This test mode tests the user selected multiprocessor functionality. |
/opt/SUNWvts/bin/mptest standard_arguments M=4+5+6+7, method=ECacheCoherency+IOCacheCoherency+SynchronizationPrimitives+SharedMemory+CPU Call, tone=ParallelMode+Random, mpcons_tone=mlockBuffer+AtomicMode+ByteMode+ImmediateMode+RandomMode+ReverseMode+PrefetchMode+Trigger+Offset, count=[1-200], mpcons_numtmout=[1-10], mpcons_wait=0, mpcons_loops=[1-999], mpcons_memsize=0, mpcons_seed=0, strandleveltest=Yes|No
64-bit tests are located in the sparcv9 subdirectory: /opt/SUNWvts/bin/sparcv9/testname, or the relative path to which you installed SunVTS. If a test is not present in this directory, then it may only be available as a 32-bit test. For more information refer to the "32-Bit and 64-Bit Tests" section of the SunVTS 5.1 Test Reference Manual (816-5145-10).
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