From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751692AbWGZPCE (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:02:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751696AbWGZPCE (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:02:04 -0400 Received: from zeus1.kernel.org ([204.152.191.4]:12440 "EHLO zeus1.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751692AbWGZPCD (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:02:03 -0400 Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:00:41 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Andrew de Quincey Cc: David Lang , Arnaud Patard , Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org Subject: Re: automated test? (was Re: Linux 2.6.17.7) Message-ID: <20060726150041.GG23701@stusta.de> References: <20060725034247.GA5837@kroah.com> <200607261510.03098.adq_dvb@lidskialf.net> <20060726142932.GE23701@stusta.de> <200607261539.50492.adq_dvb@lidskialf.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200607261539.50492.adq_dvb@lidskialf.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 03:39:49PM +0100, Andrew de Quincey wrote: > On Wednesday 26 July 2006 15:29, Adrian Bunk wrote: >... > > The real problem is: > > How do we get some testing coverage of -stable kernels by users to catch > > issues? > > And compile errors are the least of my worries. > > Yeah - I believe some people did test the DVB -stable patches, but obviously > without the budget-av driver compile option enabled, so it didn't compile > that code. DVB supports quite a few cards, so its easy to accidentally leave > off one of the options when doing a mass compile of all drivers. > > The only thing I can think of would be to require -stable patch submitters to > supply a list of CONFIG options that must be on to enable compilation of the > new code so people know exactly how to enable it for testing... but obviously > since those would be manually specified, they can be wrong too. But at least > it would show they'd thought about it a bit.... This helps only with compilation errors, which are as I said the least of my worries. But does the hardware driven by this driver work? And if it does, is there a bug in the patch that causes the kernel to crash after some hours? cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed