Setup PTS for srsRAN benchmarking

setup-pts4srsRAN.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
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sudo apt update

# srsRAN supports—but does **not** require—GCC 10.
sudo apt install --assume-yes build-essential gcc-10 g++-10
sudo update-alternatives --remove-all cc
sudo update-alternatives --remove-all c++

# gcc
sudo update-alternatives --remove-all gcc 
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-10 75
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-11 100   # Default on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

# g++
sudo update-alternatives --remove-all g++
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-10 75
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-11 100   # Default on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/cc cc /usr/bin/gcc 100
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/c++ c++ /usr/bin/g++ 100

# Use GCC 10 across all benchmark runs, so that results focus on performance differences due to *CPU characteristics* and **not** compiler characteristics.
sudo update-alternatives --set gcc /usr/bin/gcc-10
sudo update-alternatives --set g++ /usr/bin/g++-10

cd ~/Downloads
sudo apt install curl
curl --remote-name https://phoronix-test-suite.com/releases/repo/pts.debian/files/phoronix-test-suite_10.8.4_all.deb
sudo apt install --assume-yes ./phoronix-test-suite_10.8.4_all.deb
# Install additional recommended packages for PTS
sudo apt install --assume-yes php-bz2 php-sqlite3 php-curl

phoronix-test-suite install-dependencies srsran-1.0.1
# Install srsRAN dependencies that PTS misses
sudo apt install --assume-yes libmbedtls-dev libzmq5 libsctp-dev
phoronix-test-suite install srsran-1.0.1

# Use the performance CPU governor for testing (will revert to default after reboot)
echo performance | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor

phoronix-test-suite run srsran-1.0.1

# Change GCC back to the distribution's default.
sudo update-alternatives --auto gcc
sudo update-alternatives --auto g++

This gist targets running v1.0.1 of the srsRAN test¹ as v1.1 of the srsRAN test² removes support for benchmarking large channel performance—i.e., channels comprised of 270 Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs)—using 5G New Radio (NR).

Footnotes

1. Test v1.0.1 is based upon release 21.04 of srsRAN. ↩

2. Test v1.1 is based upon release 21.10 of srsRAN. ↩