On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 01:28:56PM +0530, Subrata Modak wrote: > 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 ?
Unfortunately, not yet. The user API is still evolving & we don't want to distribute the libraries until the API is solid. > > 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). No. The driver is more-or-less useless without actual hardware. I frequently have good intentions about adding a GRU simulator to the kernel to make it easier to test the driver w/o actual hardware. So far, I have not had time to implement this. Instead, we use a system simulator that has full support for the entire system including the GRU. The full system simulator includes NDA pieces from other companies & cannot be distributed outside of SGI. Sorry... I do want to help the testing project. As soon as it makes sense, I'll try to distribute some GRU tests. > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > > > > > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > > > > > just about anything Open Source. > > > > > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > > > > > _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > > > > challenge > > > > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > > > > prizes > > > > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > > > > world > > > > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Ltp-list mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list
