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+#
+# $Id$
+#
+
+This directory contains the RTEMS Timing Test Suite.
+The tests in this directory are used to measure the execution
+time of RTEMS directive and some critical internal functions.
+The results of these test are reported in the Fact Sheets
+and Supplental Manuals.
+
+These tests attempt to benchmark RTEMS as the user would. They measure
+the execution time for a directive (under various circumstances)
+from the time RTEMS is entered until it is executed. Where possible,
+the time is the average of at least 100 invocations of the directive.
+
+The accuracy of the times reported by these benchmarks is very dependent
+on the resolution of the timer being used. It is also important to
+insure that all sources of hardware interrupts are disabled during
+execution of the tests. This insures that the directive time reported
+does not include any interrupt time.
+