Hi Jack,

On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 08:46 -0600, Jack Steiner wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:46:45AM +0530, Subrata Modak wrote:
> > Jack,
> > 
> > Can you share the Driver test case with LTP now ?
> 
> I can share some of the driver test cases but they won't be useful
> without libgru.so - the user library that contains the user
> API for the GRU. However, it will illustrate how users can access
> the GRU.

where do we get the library from ? Is it possible to get the library
source and build it on any machine ?

Is it possible to test this driver without having the original hardware
attached to machine(s). I mean by building the kernel with the driver
source and by enabling some/any KERNEL_CONFIG options, in the way that
the running kernel behaves to have a dummy device running, so that the
tests can be executed on any machine (may be architecture specific).

Please see:
http://ltp.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ltp/ltp/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/v4l/user_space/README,
on how the recently added v4l device-drivers tests has been added to
LTP, and how they are testing a dummy device.

Based on the above model, you can start pushing some of the same tests
at the beginning, and, then can keep patching them in future.

Regards--
Subrata

> 
> As an alternative, the GRU kernel driver has a built-in quicktest
> in drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grukservices.c. This is essentially a copy
> of one of the user tests that does a simple sanity check of
> GRU functionality. Once you have a system with GRU support, you
> can enable the built-in quicktest with a debug option to
> the gru kernel module.
> 
> I have additional built-in tests for grukservices.c. These
> tests are currently NOT part of the driver that has been pushed
> upstream. I can push these if it helps.
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > Regards--
> > Subrata
> > 
> > On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 18:12 +0530, Subrata Modak wrote:
> > > Hi Jack,
> > > 
> > > On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 15:10 +0530, Subrata Modak wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 1:00 AM, Jack Steiner <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >         On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 09:33:44PM +0530, Subrata Modak wrote:
> > > >         > Hi Steiner,
> > > >         >
> > > >         > On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 7:29 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >         >
> > > >         > > This series of patches adds a driver for the SGI UV GRU.
> > > >         The driver is
> > > >         > > still
> > > >         > > in development but it currently compiles for both x86_64 &
> > > >         IA64. All simple
> > > >         > > regression tests pass on IA64. Although features remain to
> > > >         be added, I'd
> > > >         > > like to
> > > >         >
> > > >         >
> > > >         > I have been struggling for quite sometime to revive those
> > > >         few device driver
> > > >         > test cases in LTP: (
> > > >         >
> > > >         
> > > > http://ltp.cvs.sourceforge.net/ltp/ltp/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/)
> > > >         >
> > > >         > One of those few options that i have is to import new test
> > > >         cases for device
> > > >         > drivers as well, like the same way other kernel test cases
> > > >         are included in
> > > >         > LTP. As you said all the regression tests pass on your
> > > >         device driver, i
> > > >         > would like to know if you can contribute these
> > > >         tests/testcases under GPL to
> > > >         > LTP for further use by the community. There is no specific
> > > >         platform by which
> > > >         > the existing device drivers tests work, expect that they all
> > > >         are run
> > > >         > individually/separately for the best reasons known.
> > > >         >
> > > >         > Regards--
> > > >         > Subrata
> > > >         >
> > > >         
> > > >         
> > > >         Sure.
> > > >         
> > > >         The GRU driver current works only on unreleased hardware. Once
> > > >         the hardware
> > > >         is released, I'll be glad to add the tests to ltp.
> > > 
> > > Is it ready for LTP.
> > > 
> > > Regards--
> > > Subrata
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks for willing to contribute to LTP. May i also request you to add
> > > > similar tests which you might develop in future. I would also like to
> > > > know if you can help us in bringing more people in contributing
> > > > similar test case to LTP, using your good relations you enjoy with
> > > > them. While the initial LTP was released/contributed by SGI in May
> > > > 2000, we have not seen much contributions from SGI in recent times. Is
> > > > SGI reconsidering to nurture it?? own baby again ?? ;-)
> > > > 
> > > > Regards--
> > > > Subrata
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >         
> > > >         
> > > >         
> > > >         --- jack
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > Regards & Thanks--
> > > > Subrata 
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