From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Rusty Lynch" Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 05:01:37 +0000 Subject: Re: Hotplug Test Cases or Test Procedures Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg KH" To: "Rusty Lynch" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 6:47 PM Subject: Re: Hotplug Test Cases or Test Procedures > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 06:10:29PM -0800, Rusty Lynch wrote: > > I have a couple of people that have been tasked to start testing the > > CompactPCI hotplug implementation for a couple of platforms, and was > > wondering if there was an existing test case or test procedure > > repository for the hotplug project. > > Yeah, testers! :) > > No, there aren't any published test procedures that I know of. I know a > number of different companies have some private ones that they have used > to test their specific drivers, but so far, I have not been able to > convince anyone of them to make them public. > > > From poking around the web site I didn't stumble across anything, but > > it wouldn't be the first time I missed the obvious. > > Um, don't confuse the linux-hotplug project with the PCI hotplug > project. They are two different things (but the PCI hotplug code relies > on the linux-hotplug userspace code to load any needed modules, so they > are intertwined a bit). > Yeap, I'm mixing up the projects. Although I'm betting that the test procedures will end up covering both. > > If there is no such thing, where would people like to see such > > contributions? At the very least, this would consist of a few text > > documents that detailed step by step manual procedures for a tester to > > validate the latest bits on some platform. > > That would be great, I would love to have this for my use alone in > testing new code out. > > > Would this be something people would like to see in the hotplug CVS > > repository? > > Um, maybe in the pci hotplug cvs repository, if you really want to use > CVS. Or we can just put it up on the web site. Writing the procedures as html and making them accessable via the web site sounds like a good way to start. > > > Maybe I could approach the LTP? > > Traditionally they have only wanted tests that they can automate, and > unfortunately, pci hotplug tests (and most driver tests) can't be > automated very easily. But it can't hurt to try asking them :) I'll ping the LTP people to see if they are interested, but that shouldn't slow us down any. > > thanks, > > greg k-h > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: To learn the basics of securing > your web site with SSL, click here to get a FREE TRIAL of a Thawte > Server Certificate: http://www.gothawte.com/rd524.html > _______________________________________________ > Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net > Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: To learn the basics of securing your web site with SSL, click here to get a FREE TRIAL of a Thawte Server Certificate: http://www.gothawte.com/rd524.html _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel