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utACK 62ac3b4 That looks pretty much like what I use on macOS. |
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Tested these steps on my macOS machine and it worked as expected: ➜ bitcoin-core-dev git:(master) ✗ diskutil erasevolume HFS+ ramdisk $(hdiutil attach -nomount ram://8388608)
Started erase on disk5
Unmounting disk
Erasing
Initialized /dev/rdisk5 as a 4 GB case-insensitive HFS Plus volume
Mounting disk
Finished erase on disk5 (ramdisk)
➜ bitcoin-core-dev git:(master) ✗ ./test/functional/test_runner.py --cachedir=/Volumes/ramdisk/cache --tmpdir=/Volumes/ramdisk/tmp
Temporary test directory at /Volumes/ramdisk/tmp/test_runner_₿_🏃_20230221_120656
Running Unit Tests for Test Framework Modules
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Ran 10 tests in 0.595s
OK
1/260 - feature_taproot.py passed, Duration: 31 s
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➜ bitcoin-core-dev git:(master) ✗ umount /Volumes/ramdisk |
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I use this command on my M1 too.
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Tested on my Macbook, worked as expected and speeded up the test suite noticeably.
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ACK 2f84ad7 M1 Max, macOS 13.2 $ diskutil erasevolume HFS+ ramdisk $(hdiutil attach -nomount ram://8388608)
Started erase on disk6
Unmounting disk
Erasing
Initialized /dev/rdisk6 as a 4 GB case-insensitive HFS Plus volume
Mounting disk
Finished erase on disk6 (ramdisk)
$ diskutil info disk6 | grep -e Size
Disk Size: 4.3 GB (4294967296 Bytes) (exactly 8388608 512-Byte-Units)
Device Block Size: 512 Bytes
Allocation Block Size: 4096 Bytes
$ test/functional/test_runner.py --cachedir=/Volumes/ramdisk/cache --tmpdir=/Volumes/ramdisk/tmp
Temporary test directory at /Volumes/ramdisk/tmp/test_runner_₿_🏃_20230222_105652
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ALL | ✓ Passed | 2702 s (accumulated)
Runtime: 292 s
$ umount /Volumes/ramdisk |
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2f84ad7 docs: add ramdisk guide for running tests on OSX (Matthew Zipkin) Pull request description: Using a ramdisk on OSX sped up the test suite by about 5x (using default `jobs=4`) on my M1 macbook pro running macOS Monterey 12.3.1. This PR adds the relevant OSX commands following the Linux directions. Default: ``` 8204 s (accumulated) Runtime: 2104 s ``` following commands from the PR: ``` 1606 s (accumulated) Runtime: 421 s ``` ramdisk + `jobs=32`: ``` 2090 s (accumulated) Runtime: 85 s ``` ACKs for top commit: jonatack: ACK 2f84ad7 willcl-ark: ACK 2f84ad7 brunoerg: utACK 2f84ad7 Tree-SHA512: 37a9903c8ac2cbfaa91e7e73fc96ef65042ff4b15763d452af7b8615255adf03429ad01cf85265a99dd569290c1d69c05a393d616868c05c190b60b053820786
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Using a ramdisk on OSX sped up the test suite by about 5x (using default
jobs=4) on my M1 macbook pro running macOS Monterey 12.3.1. This PR adds the relevant OSX commands following the Linux directions.Default:
following commands from the PR:
ramdisk +
jobs=32: