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Merten Sach <msach@mailbox.tu-berlin.de> |
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1 Kernel: Ray Tracing
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3 This is a kernel-type benchmark of a very simple and brute-force ray tracer.
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5 Installation:
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7 To install the kernel benchmark, navigate to the directory this file is located in, open up a terminal and simply type 'make'. For certain architectures
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8 or special compilation options, you might need to change compilation parameters in the makefile.
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10 Usage:
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12 You may execute the benchmark by navigating to this directory after compilation and typing
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14 ./c-ray-mt -i FILENAME -s RESOLUTION -o OUTPUT.ppm
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16 'FILENAME' has to be either "scene" or "sphfract" or another predefined scene description file if there is one.
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17 'RESOLUTION' specifies the resolution of the produced image and has to be given in the form 1920x1200, for example.
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18 'OUTPUT' is the name of the file the rendered image will be contained in after the benchmark ran.
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20 The specification of how many threads are used to perform the rendering depends on the parallel programming model.
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22 Benchmark Versions:
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24 Serial
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25 POSIX Threads
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26 OpenMP SuperScalar
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