Hi Subrata, From: Subrata Modak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LTP] LTP kdump test suite refactoring Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:54:47 +0530
> > Hi, > > > > Please see attachment for the tarball of new tree. The updated version > > has the following improvments, > > > > - simplify maintenance > > > > - fix several bugs > > > > - better automation > > > > - extend support on Debian and Fedora > > > > - merge Poornima Nayak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 's latest patch > > > > - other changes > > Thanks Cai and Poornima, > > All these changes has been merged. I would request you to take the first > call if somebody faces some problem on this. Thanks once again for this > huge work that you did. > Could you please remove lib/lkdtm/lkdtm.c.orig from CVS, it should not be there. Thanks! Cai Qian > --Subrata > > > > > The new version simplifies code layout, and all tools under lib/ > > directory are standalone and reusable, all configurable variables are > > under the file runkdump.conf. There are also included sample > > configuration files for different distros and test components. In > > addition, it avoided code duplication by merging RHEL and SLES specified > > code in lkdtm module together, and add a checking before hand. The > > working flow in main script has also been tidied up. verify and > > verify_dump have been unified. unused file "summary" has been deleted. > > > > In previous version, > > * The part of comparing kernel version in setup will not work proper > > if the kernel grows to something like 2.7.1 or 2.8.1. > > * verify_dump will not able to find previous vmcore if vmcore creation > > and vmcore verfication happen at different hours. > > * Other random bugs because of code complexity. > > > > In the new version, once you define everything in a config file, it will > > run in an automatically fashion on some of systems, if there is proper > > tools installed. > > > > The code has been rewritten in POSIX shell syntax, and made more > > portable, and attempted to remove hard-coded stuff as much as > > possible. It has been tested fairly on RHEL5.1, SLES10sp1, Debian > > unstable, and Fedora 8. If needed I can send you result logs. Sachin > > has done a quick test on PPC64 machine running RHEL5.1 and the script > > run fine. Poornima has done some code review. > > > > Poornima's patch has been merged, > > 1. Crashkerenl reservation check is modified to support any craskernel > > value. > > 2. A message before system reboots > > 3. Added one more line to 'status' if dump verification passed. > > 4. Modified 'README' file > > 5. If kdump start fails for invalid arguments in kdump.conf is fixed > > 6. Replaced MAKE_OPTS with MAKE_OPTIONS. > > 7. Removed some unwanted statements. > > > > Other changes included that all tests descriptions have been documented > > in doc/ALL_TEST.txt. KNLD (dump over scp with link delay) test case has > > been merged into KNSCP (dump over scp). Once LINK_DELAY has been defined > > somewhere in configuration file, all test cases (KNSCP and KNNFS) > > dumping to a network destination will take advantage of it. If > > LINK_DELAY is not defined or equals to 0, KNSCP and KNNFS will just the > > same as in previous version. > > > > Cai Qian > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list
