1NAME='Spew' 2AUTHOR='Martin Bligh <mbligh@google.com>' 3TEST_TYPE='client' 4TEST_CATEGORY='Benchmark' 5TEST_CLASS='Hardware' 6TIME='MEDIUM' 7DOC='''\ 8The spew package is used to test I/O performance and to generate load 9on character devices, block devices, and file systems. It is similar 10to the lmdd program found in the lmbench test-suite 11(http://www.bitmover.com/lmbench). It is a bit easier to use than lmdd 12and has some added functionality. For example, it can test both 13random and sequential I/O. 14''' 15job.run_test('spew') 16