Setting up BenchIT

From BenchIT-Wiki

As you read this you should have managed to grab our sources as a tarball from our website. See How to get BenchIT for further Details.

BenchIT works right out of the box. You just have to set up your environment and let BenchIT know which compilers and libraries to use and where to find them. BenchIT uses a script located under tools/FIRSTTIME to set up your environment. It is automaically invoked the first time you use any of the scripts in BenchIT. But we recommend you start this script by hand before doing anything else:

	tools/FIRSTTIME

By doing so three files will be generated in the LOCALDEFS/ folder - all starting with your hostname. The file only named after your hostname contains all information nessessary for compiling and running the kernels. If you intend to upload your results to our database (www.benchit.org) you should also fill out the file named hostname_input_architecture. I strongly advise you to take a look into the hostname file to verify all the data filled in by our script as it may be incorrect.

Now we can begin with the real measurement.