Phoronix Test Suite 10.8.4

Phoronix Test Suite 10.8.4
3 July 2022

pts-core: Allow sub-folders within PTS_EXTRA_SYSTEM_LOGS_DIR when uploading to Phoromatic server
pts-core: Fix TOTAL_LOOP_TIME handling
pts-core: openSUSE external dependency handling fixes
phodevi: Support for reporting video BIOS version
phodevi: Budgie desktop version detection
phodevi: Avoid deprecated wmic usage on Windows
phoromatic: Input sanitization updates in the result viewer

Phoronix Test Suite 10.8.3

Phoronix Test Suite 10.8.3
23 April 2022

pts-core: Workaround Ubuntu 22.04 apt-get crashing the entire process on dependency installation
pts-core: Improved TTF font file detection
pts-core: Minor random fixes
phodevi: Apple M1 detection on Linux

Phoronix Test Suite 10.8.2

Point release primarily for Phoromatic Server input validation/sanitization updates, other small fixes/improvements.

Phoronix Test Suite 10.8.2
13 February 2022

pts-core: Arch Linux external dependency updates
pts-core: Workaround/fix PHP 5.4 usage with RHEL7-based distributions
pts-core: Convert compiler / multicore / single-threaded test suites into virtual test suites since their properties can be auto-determined based on OB metadata
pts-core: Add virtual test suites for "riscv" and "aarch64" to make it easy to show tests that run successfully on RISC-V and 64-bit Arm
phodevi: Add Arm Cortex-X1C detection
phodevi: CPU temperature reporting for additional SoCs such as the Raspberry Pi 400
phoromatic: Additional input sanitization and validation improvements

Phoronix Test Suite 10.8.1

Point release primarily for Phoromatic Server input sanitization updates, HTTPS Download Cache Server API support, OpenBenchmarking.org caching improvements.

Phoronix Test Suite 10.8.1
23 January 2022

pts-core: Log external dependencies attempted to be installed to phoronix-test-suite-dependencies.log
pts-core: Allow PTS_DISPLAY_MODE to override other display mode preferences (e.g. short mode requested inline)
pts-core: Optional Download Cache Server interface support for HTTPS
pts-core: Support for archiving test profile change-logs locally rather than having to always query OpenBenchmarking.org server
pts-core: Allow caching of some OpenBenchmarking.org overview metrics locally for reducing repetitive OpenBenchmarking.org load/queries
pts-core: Allow displaying more overview metrics from OpenBenchmarking.org in the web view and info sub-command now that it's cached
pts-core: Make rendering of Perf Per Core/Thread/Clock/RAM opt-in from the result viewer
phoromatic: Allow binary log file uploads by default when Phoromatic Server is 10.8+
phoromatic: Input sanitization updates for Phoromatic Server and other security improvements
phoromatic: Move "Create A Test Profile" page behind an opt-in rootadmin Phoromatic Server option
phoromatic: Log update script output
phodevi: GPU vRAM usage reporting for modern AMDGPU DRM versions
phodevi: Use "-NoProfile" with powershell for possible performance benefits
phodevi: Avoid including kernel version in Mesa/OpenGL string
phodevi: Arm Neoverse-V1 / Cortex-X2 identification

Phoronix Test Suite 10.8.0

Phoronix Test Suite 10.8.0
25 December 2021

pts-core: Remaining PHP 8.1 warnings/fixes addressed
pts-core: Various macOS 12 warning fixes
pts-core: Allow using OUTPUT_DIR / OUTPUT_FILE environment variables to control result-file-to* sub-commands
pts-core: Improved JSON output generation, add option to the result viewer
pts-core: Add result-file-to-html sub-command and simple inline HTML result output option from result viewer
pts-core: Allow sorting results by test date/time
pts-core: Add TEST_EXECUTION_SORT environment variable to allow sorting test run order in more ways
pts-core: Consolidate/centralize handling of environment variable options to pts_env
pts-core: Add remove-incomplete-results-from-result-file helper command to remove results with incomplete or missing data
pts-core: Add REMOVE_TESTS_ON_COMPLETION environment variable as another way to have tests auto-uninstall/remove after running
pts-core: Improved test installation / test run-time error reporting and detection
pts-core: Allow recording/archiving install and runtime errors within installation metadata
pts-core: Add list-failed-installs sub-command for showing tests that failed to install
pts-core: Add list-test-errors sub-command for showing test run-time errors
pts-core: Add variables sub-command for showing environment variable descriptions and what is set
pts-core: Dynamic detection of Windows download folder location
pts-core: Improved Zip handling on Windows
phodevi: Add detection for Arm Cortex-A710 and Neoverse-N2 cores
phodevi: Add detection for AMD Zen 4 cores
phodevi: Add detection for Intel Raptor Lake
phodevi: Allow better detecting model number on Windows/Linux for Dell and Apple laptops
phodevi: CPU temperature monitoring on Windows
phodevi: Show "energy_performance_preference" CPU frequency scaling value where relevant
phodevi: Linux CPUFreq EPP reporting support
phodevi: Report Windows 10+ security features
phodevi: Add PHODEVI_SANITIZE environment variable for those wanting to strip out certain hardware/software strings from system information
cleanup: Add module that can auto uninstall tests not run in a given amount of time
phoromatic: Allow relevant PTS environment variables to be exposed for setting by Phoromatic Server for benchmarks/schedules as "advanced options" area
phoromatic: Use the unified result viewer code for presenting result graphs and other result page data
phoromatic: Make use of shared/common result viewer code to allow adding/editing annotations, editing result file title/description, and deleting individual results from within the result viewer
phoromatic: Efficiency improvement for when viewing result with just one result file
phoromatic: Allow Phoromatic client to connect to Phoromatic HTTPS servers
phoromatic: Allow optionally uploading test install/run logs to the Phoromatic Server
phoromatic: Alow "Run A Benchmark" area to execute conventional PTS/system test suites
phoromatic: Allow test schedules page to add suites to a schedule rather than only adding just test profiles
phoromatic: Add option to settings page to always un-install/remove tests after execution for all Phoromatic testing
phoromatic: Allow environment variables to also be set on a global basis from the Phoromatic Server Settings page
phoromatic: Allow test installation metadata to be submitted to Phoromatic Server so from systems area can show currently installed tests and any errors
phoromatic: Opt-in (settings page) support for streaming in-progress benchmark results to the Phoromatic Server between test runs so results can be viewed from the server as they are completed
phoromatic: Unifying more result viewer and Phoromatic common display code

Phoronix Test Suite 10.6.1

Phoronix Test Suite 10.6.1
10 October 2021

pts-core: Allow reporting test run errors inline / as part of the result file XML with null/empty results
pts-core: Remove the old, long deprecated static/JavaScript PTS result viewer that hasn't been used except for rare fallbacks since PTS pre-9.0
pts-core: PHP 8.1 deprecation warning/error fixes
pts-core: Support launching PHP web server with PHP_CLI_SERVER_WORKERS to allow multiple workers/threads
pts-core: Windows batch file handling test execution fix
pts-core: Allow running merge-results when pointing to specific XML files outside of standard paths
pts-core: Various minor fixes
phoromatic: Fix possible case of local test profile download issues from Phoromatic Server
phoromatic: Warn when lacking database write access for Phoromatic Server
phoromatic: Support (opt-in) handling of non-text file log files
phoromatic: Allow uploading of system logs after initial upload of result XML to deal with HTTP size limitations and other factors with large logs
phoromatic: Use the unified/common log viewer for viewing logs from the Phoromatic web interface
phoromatic: Tweaking of the Phoromatic CSS style to bring it more uniform with OpenBenchmarking.org / PTS Local Result Viewer / first update in ~6 years...
phodevi: Improve detection of new Intel oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler
phodevi: ACPI Platform Profile reporting support on Linux
phodevi: Support reporting NVIDIA BAR1 total memory / Radeon vRAM visible memory (Resizable BAR / ReBAR status)

Phoronix Test Suite 10.4.0

Phoronix Test Suite 10.4.0
16 May 2021

pts-core: Ubuntu 21.04 dependency updates for changed/removed package names
pts-core: Add "auto-resolution-wide" option
pts-core: Add $CPU_THREADS_PER_CORE helper
pts-core: Allow perf-per-dollar-per-hour in the result viewer, extending perf-per-dollar HTML helper
pts-core: Add PTS_EXTRA_SYSTEM_LOGS_DIR environment variable to allow pointing to directory of extra system log files
pts-core: Add RepositoryURL option for test profiles
phodevi: Intel Linux graphics string format improvement
phoromatic: Treat set context scripts as a file rather than executing it as a buffer
phoromatic: Allow passing Phodevi system properties to Phoromatic Server
phodevi: Add some new properties, port some pts_network info to phodevi interfaces
system_monitor: Adjust perf-per precision

Phoronix Test Suite 10.4.0 Milestone 1
17 March 2021

pts-core: Optimize out sorting percentile values array excess times
pts-core: Optimization to avoid re-parsing test profile definition multiple times
pts-core: Optimization to avoid re-parsing installed test metadata multiple times
pts-core: Allow longer HTTP timeouts on OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads if needed
pts-core: Allow sorting runs within a result file from within the result viewer web interface

Phoronix Test Suite 10.4 Milestone 1

Phoronix Test Suite 10.4.0 Milestone 1
17 March 2021

pts-core: Optimize out sorting percentile values array excess times
pts-core: Optimization to avoid re-parsing test profile definition multiple times
pts-core: Optimization to avoid re-parsing installed test metadata multiple times
pts-core: Allow longer HTTP timeouts on OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads if needed
pts-core: Allow sorting runs within a result file from within the result viewer web interface

Phoronix Test Suite 10.2.2

Phoronix Test Suite 10.2.2
17 February 2021

pts-core: Add helper text when hitting a download with no working mirrors
pts-core: Various external dependency updates
pts-core: Add enable-repo sub-command for more easily enabling new OpenBenchmarking.org repos
pts-core: Result viewer fix for the limit drop down menu potentially not being activated in some cases
pts-core: Allow renaming runs within the result viewer
phoromatic: Ensure pcntl_signal is present before starting Phoromatic Server
phoromatic: PHP 8 compatibility fixes
phodevi: Fix display driver name potentially being reported inaccurate for some obscure graphics cards / driver configurations
phodevi: Export current GPU graphics card PCI device ID (GPU_DEVICE_ID) for some games/tests relying on it for configuration

Phoronix Test Suite 10.2.1

Phoronix Test Suite 10.2.1
1 February 2021

pts-core: Add "InstallRequiresInternet" option for test profiles that is more narrow (install time only) than the existing "RequiresInternet"
pts-core: Add check-tests sub-command
pts-core: Fix possible crash on PDF output
pts-core: Various small fixes and tweaks
pts-core: Fix PHP8 + cURL download error
pts_Graph: A number of minor SVG standards compliance updates
phodevi: Log Transparent Huge Pages setting as part of system details
phodevi: Don't bother parsing the X.org log if it grows too big