Re: 2.6.13-mm3

[Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com>]

On 9/12/05, Nish Aravamudan <nish.aravamudan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/12/05, Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 9/12/05, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:
[...]
> > >
> > > - There are several performance tuning patches here which need careful
> > >  attention and testing.  (Does anyone do performance testing any more?)
> >
> > How about the tool announced months ago by Martin J. Bligh ?
> >
> > http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mbligh/abat/regression_matrix.html
> 
> Preferred location is: test.kernel.org (much shorter too!)

I wasn't aware of that, thank you! Now I won't forget anymore that URL ;-)
 
> Also, the problem for -mm3 is that -mm2 did not build on most
> machines. -mm1 did on 4/6. Probably some determination could be made
> from those.

I see. But I still think that automated testing is a great opportunity
for the community to pinpoint problems.

Is there anything we can do to make thinks work better ?

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