On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 20:41 +0800, Subrata Modak wrote: > On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 09:18 +0800, Huang Ying wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 01:55 +0800, Subrata Modak wrote: > > > Hi Huang Ying, > > > > > > On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 16:25 +0530, Subrata Modak wrote: > > > > Hi Huang Ying, > > > > > > > > >On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 10:56 +0800, Huang Ying wrote: > > > > >Hi, All, > > > > > > > > > > We are working on a test suite to test the Linux kernel MCE handling > > > > > logic named mce-test, which can be find at: > > > > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/cpu/mce/mce-test.git. There is a > > > > > HOWTO for it, which is attached with the mail. > > > > > > > > > > We think the testing target of mce-test is part of that of LTP, so it > > > > > is > > > > > better to integrate mce-test into LTP. Do you think so? > > > > > > > > > > As for integration scheme, maybe we can first add mce-test into LTP > > > > > as a > > > > > separate test case, just as kdump test case. What's your opinions? > > > > > > > > > > Any comment is welcome! > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry for the very late response to your proposal. Please find below the > > > > first patch which will integrate the existing mce-test to LTP. I had > > > > just > > > > done a sanity checking of building it. The following patch will still > > > > need: > > > > > > > > 1) Exclusive testing and sharing those results with the LTP community, > > > > > > My initial first tests results are: > > > > > > # uname -a > > > Linux x206f 2.6.29-gcov #1 SMP Fri Jun 19 12:14:27 IST 2009 i686 i686 > > > i386 GNU/Linux > > > > mce-test needs at least Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc? and some additional > > injection related patches from: > > http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/yhuang/mce/. We are > > working on pushing these additional patches into 2.6.32. > > > > Can you please then provide this information inside mce-test/README, so > that users are exactly aware of: > > 1. Which kernel to pick up, > 2. Which additional patches to apply, > 3. Which config options to set, > > before building and running these tests.
I have add these information into the HOWTO in mce-test/doc/howto.txt. In README, there is a "pointer" to howto.txt in section test instruction. Is it OK for you? > Once mainline stable releases are through, you can then again update > mce-test/README with similar information. OK. I will update the document after upstream merging. > I would like people to start doing some testing with your present > mce-test as well. As suggested by Andi, please drop in: > > 1. a minimal patch which adds the tests(you want) to LTP, > 2. update mce-test/README in the same patch with all the above > info, > 3. attach test results against the patches you have dropped to ltp, OK. I will do this. I will check the coding style with checkpatch.pl. Do you have other comments about the code? Best Regards, Huang Ying ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list
