[netperf-talk] netperf4: solaris building, and usage..

Rick Jones rick.jones2 at hp.com
Mon May 22 12:09:59 PDT 2006


Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> Rick Jones writes:
>  > > Is there any way to remove the xml requirement (possibly via
>  > > a configure option) and go back to the nice, simple, easy to
>  > > use command line arguments like netperf2.x has?
>  > 
>  > Nope.  Use of XML is deeply embedded into netperf4's psyche.
> 
> Hmmm.  I wonder if  my small brain will ever be able to deal
> with this XML stuff.

It isn't all that bad.  And one of these days we hope to have stuff to 
allow creating config files without someone editing XML.

> Will you accept patches to add threads to netperf2?  That might
> be easier (for me) than using netpef4.

I'd like to keep netperf2 the way it is today, without a dependency on 
pthreads.

rick


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