[ANNOUNCE] The Linux Test project ltp-20060411 Released

[Michael Reed <mreedltp@vnet.ibm.com>]

 The Linux Test Project test suite <http://www.linuxtestproject.org> has 
been released. The latest version of the testsuite contains 2900+ tests  
for the Linux   
 OS. Our web site also contains other information such as:
  - A Linux test tools matrix
  - Technical papers
  - How To's on Linux testing
  - Code coverage analysis tool.

 Release Highlights:
 
    *Code Cleanups by Jacky Malcles, Jane Lv, Joe Pearson, Nick Pollitt 
and Thomas Gleixner, Joy Latten,
      and Lin Feng Shen

    *Test cases fcntl127 and fcntl128 were fixed by Robert Williamson

    * A fourth scenario file  was added for ltp-aiodio.sh by Jacky Malcles

    * Feature added to Pounder21 that enables the sysrq key at the 
beginning of each pounder run by Darrick Wong, 
  

We encourage the community to post results to ltp-results@lists.sf.net, 
and patches, new tests, or comments/questions to ltp-list@lists.sf.net


See ChangeLog Below

LTP-20061104
-Applied a patch by Jacky Malcles that added a fourth scenario for 
ltp-aiodio.sh
-Fixed ld01 from failing on Assertions 1-7 for bug 22167
-Applied a fix for Lin Feng Shen to eliminate white spaces that caused 
mail02 to fail
-A fix created by Jacky Malcles that eliminates warning messages when 
complied on 64 bit platform for aiodio_sparse.c
-Applied a patch to re-enable writing on arm per by Joe Pearson / Nick 
Pollitt
-Applied three patches by Joy Latten to the security test suite
-Applied patches from Robert Williamson to fix fcntl127. This test
  should now  be positive test versus negative...based on the properties of
  the open() call in the setup()
-Applied Patch from Robbie Williamson that fixed fcntl128.  This 
testcase was changed the test to expect no errors.  The fcntl() call 
should succeed regardless
-Applied a patch from gettimeofday01 to gettimeofday02 to fix the 
occasional failure
-Applied a fix to madvise02 by Jacky Malcles to eliminate the need for a 
special execution of the testcase for ia_64
-Applied a patch fixes the test 4 of mincore01.c that failed in 32 bit 
on a 64 bit kernel.
-Patches applied to pread02 to fix broken white spacing
-Applied a patch from Jane Lv for pread03.c.  This fixed a missed step 
to initialize the read buffer array.
-Applied Patches submitted by Thomas Gleixner to initialize interval 
values to prevent setitimer01 and 02 from failing
-Applied updates from Darrick Wong for Pounder for Pounder21.  
Documentation was  added to get pounder up and running quickly
-Feature added to Pounder21 that enables the sysrq key at the beginning 
of each pounder run