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From: Tarkan Erimer <tarkan@netone.net.tr>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	rjw@sisk.pl, davem@davemloft.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	jirislaby@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Slow DOWN, please!!!
Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 15:31:36 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4819B828.1060408@netone.net.tr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080430154124.7ec08dd4.akpm@linux-foundation.org>

Andrew Morton wrote:
> So David's Subject: should have been "Do Better, please".  Slowing down is
> just a side-effect.  And, we expect, a tool.
>
>   
To improve the quality of kernel releases, maybe we can create a special 
kernel testing tool.
This tool should have :

- Can check known bugs, regressions, compile errors etc.

- The design should be modular (plug-in support). So, easily these 
regressions, known bugs etc. should be implemented.

- It should have a git support. So,when hit a bug, this tool should have 
ability to bisect the commits which automates to finding buggy commits.

- It should have console interface and X interface. So; not just 
developers, also users, who wants to help to find out the issues, can 
contribute easily.

Just a few things came to my mind when thought about it. Any more 
ideas/suggestions welcomed :-) Also, we can create a web site for this 
project and we can identify the known regressions, bugs etc. So, easily 
who wants to contribute some code about this tool, easily find out these 
issues. If anyone interests to create/lead such a tool like this, I can 
host a website about this project on our system.

Cheers

Tarkan




  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-05-01 12:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 229+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-04-30  2:03 Slow DOWN, please!!! David Miller
2008-04-30  4:03 ` David Newall
2008-04-30  4:18   ` David Miller
2008-04-30 13:04     ` David Newall
2008-04-30 13:18       ` Michael Kerrisk
2008-04-30 14:51       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-30 18:21         ` David Newall
2008-04-30 18:27           ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-30 18:55             ` David Newall
2008-04-30 19:08               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-30 19:16                 ` David Newall
2008-04-30 19:25                   ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-01  4:31                     ` David Newall
2008-05-01  4:37                       ` David Miller
2008-05-01 13:49                       ` Lennart Sorensen
2008-05-01 15:28                       ` Kasper Sandberg
2008-05-01 17:49                         ` Russ Dill
2008-05-02  1:47                           ` Kasper Sandberg
2008-05-02  2:54                             ` Russ Dill
2008-05-02  7:01                               ` Kasper Sandberg
2008-05-02 17:34                               ` Lee Mathers (TCAFS)
2008-05-02 18:21                                 ` Andi Kleen
2008-05-02 21:34                                   ` Kasper Sandberg
2008-04-30 19:06             ` Chris Friesen
2008-04-30 19:13               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-30 19:22                 ` David Newall
2008-04-30 19:42                   ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-30  7:11   ` Tarkan Erimer
2008-04-30 13:28     ` David Newall
2008-04-30 13:38       ` Mike Galbraith
2008-04-30 14:41       ` mws
2008-04-30 14:55   ` Russ Dill
2008-04-30 14:48 ` Peter Teoh
2008-04-30 19:36 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-04-30 20:00   ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-30 20:20     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-04-30 20:05   ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-30 20:14     ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-30 20:56       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-04-30 23:34       ` Greg KH
2008-04-30 20:45     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-04-30 21:37       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-30 22:23         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-04-30 22:31           ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-30 22:41             ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-30 23:23               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-04-30 23:41                 ` david
2008-04-30 23:51                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-05-01  0:57               ` Adrian Bunk
2008-05-01  1:25                 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-01  2:13                   ` Adrian Bunk
2008-05-01  2:30                     ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-01 18:54                       ` Adrian Bunk
2008-05-14 14:55                       ` Pavel Machek
2008-05-01  1:35                 ` Theodore Tso
2008-05-01 12:31               ` Tarkan Erimer [this message]
2008-05-01 15:34                 ` Stefan Richter
2008-05-02 14:05                   ` Tarkan Erimer
2008-04-30 22:46             ` Willy Tarreau
2008-04-30 22:52               ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-30 23:21                 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-04-30 23:38                   ` Chris Shoemaker
2008-04-30 23:20               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-01  0:42                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-05-01  1:19                   ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-01  1:31                     ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-01  1:43                       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-01 10:59                         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-05-01 15:26                           ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-01 17:09                             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-05-01 17:41                               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-01 18:11                                 ` Al Viro
2008-05-01 18:23                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-01 18:30                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-01 18:58                                     ` Willy Tarreau
2008-05-01 19:37                                     ` Al Viro
2008-05-01 19:58                                       ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-01 20:07                                       ` Joel Becker
2008-05-01 18:50                                 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-05-01 19:07                                   ` david
2008-05-01 19:28                                     ` Willy Tarreau
2008-05-01 19:46                                       ` david
2008-05-01 19:53                                         ` Willy Tarreau
2008-05-01 22:17                                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-05-01 19:39                                 ` Friedrich Göpel
2008-05-01 21:59                                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-05-02 12:17                                   ` Stefan Richter
2008-05-01 18:35                             ` Chris Frey
2008-05-02 13:22                               ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-05-01  1:40                     ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-01  1:51                       ` David Miller
2008-05-01  2:01                         ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-01  2:17                           ` David Miller
2008-05-01  2:21                       ` Al Viro
2008-05-01  5:19                         ` david
2008-05-04  3:26                         ` Rene Herman
2008-05-01  2:31                       ` Nigel Cunningham
2008-05-01 18:32                         ` Stephen Clark
2008-05-01  3:53                       ` Frans Pop
2008-05-01 11:38                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-04-30 14:28                         ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-05-01 12:41                           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-04-30 15:06                             ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-05-01  5:50                     ` Willy Tarreau
2008-05-01 11:53                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-05-01 12:11                         ` Will Newton
2008-05-01 13:16                         ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2008-05-01 13:53                           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-05-01 14:35                             ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2008-05-01 15:29                           ` Ray Lee
2008-05-01 19:03                             ` Willy Tarreau
2008-05-01 19:36                         ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2008-05-01  1:30                 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-05-01  5:35                   ` Willy Tarreau
2008-04-30 23:03             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-04-30 22:40           ` david
2008-04-30 23:45             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-04-30 23:57               ` david
2008-05-01  0:01                 ` Chris Shoemaker
2008-05-01  0:14                   ` david
2008-05-01  0:38                     ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-01  1:39                       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-05-01  0:38               ` Adrian Bunk
2008-05-01  0:56                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-05-01  1:25                   ` Adrian Bunk
2008-05-01 12:05                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-05-01 13:54       ` Stefan Richter
2008-05-01 14:06         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-04-30 23:29     ` Paul Mackerras
2008-05-01  1:57       ` Jeff Garzik
2008-05-01  2:52         ` Frans Pop
2008-05-01  3:47       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-01  4:17         ` Jeff Garzik
2008-05-01  4:46           ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-04 13:47             ` Krzysztof Halasa
2008-05-04 15:05               ` Jacek Luczak
2008-05-01  9:17           ` Alan Cox
2008-04-30 20:15   ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-30 20:31     ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-30 20:47       ` Dan Noe
2008-04-30 20:59         ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-30 21:30           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-04-30 21:37             ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-30 22:08             ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-30 22:53           ` Mariusz Kozlowski
2008-04-30 23:11             ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-12  9:27               ` Ben Dooks
2008-05-02 10:20             ` Andi Kleen
2008-05-02 15:33               ` Mariusz Kozlowski
2008-04-30 20:54       ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-30 21:21         ` David Miller
2008-04-30 21:47           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-04-30 22:02           ` Dmitri Vorobiev
2008-04-30 22:19           ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-30 22:22             ` David Miller
2008-04-30 22:39               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-04-30 22:54                 ` david
2008-04-30 23:12                 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-04-30 23:59                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-05-01  0:15                   ` Chris Shoemaker
2008-05-01  5:09                     ` Willy Tarreau
2008-04-30 22:35             ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-30 22:49               ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-30 22:51               ` David Miller
2008-05-01  1:40                 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-01  2:48                 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-05-05  3:04             ` Rusty Russell
2008-05-02 13:37           ` Helge Hafting
2008-04-30 21:42         ` Dmitri Vorobiev
2008-04-30 22:06           ` Jiri Slaby
2008-04-30 22:10           ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-30 22:19             ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-30 22:28               ` Dmitri Vorobiev
2008-05-01 16:26                 ` Diego Calleja
2008-05-01 16:31                   ` Dmitri Vorobiev
2008-05-02  1:48                   ` Stephen Rothwell
2008-05-01 23:06               ` Kevin Winchester
2008-04-30 23:04             ` Dmitri Vorobiev
2008-05-01 15:19               ` Jim Schutt
2008-05-01  6:15             ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-05-09  9:28         ` Jiri Kosina
2008-05-09 15:00           ` Jeff Garzik
2008-04-30 21:52       ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-05-01  3:24         ` Bob Tracy
2008-05-01 16:39         ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2008-05-01  0:31       ` RFC: starting a kernel-testers group for newbies Adrian Bunk
2008-04-30  7:03         ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-05-01  8:13           ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-30 14:15             ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-05-01 12:42               ` David Woodhouse
2008-04-30 15:02                 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-05-05 10:03                 ` Benny Halevy
2008-05-04 12:45               ` Rene Herman
2008-05-04 13:00                 ` Pekka Enberg
2008-05-04 13:19                   ` Rene Herman
2008-05-05 13:13                   ` crosscompiler [WAS: RFC: starting a kernel-testers group for newbies] Enrico Weigelt
2008-05-01  9:16             ` RFC: starting a kernel-testers group for newbies Frans Pop
2008-05-01 10:30               ` Enrico Weigelt
2008-05-01 13:02                 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-05-01 11:30           ` Adrian Bunk
2008-04-30 14:20             ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-05-01 12:53               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-05-01 13:21               ` Adrian Bunk
2008-05-01 15:49                 ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-01  1:13                   ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-05-02  9:00                     ` Adrian Bunk
2008-05-01 16:38                   ` Steven Rostedt
2008-05-01 17:18                     ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-01 17:24                   ` Theodore Tso
2008-05-01 19:26                     ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-01 19:39                       ` Steven Rostedt
2008-05-02 10:23                       ` Andi Kleen
2008-05-02  2:08                 ` Paul Mackerras
2008-05-02  3:10                   ` Josh Boyer
2008-05-02  4:09                     ` Paul Mackerras
2008-05-02  8:29                       ` Adrian Bunk
2008-05-02 10:16                         ` Paul Mackerras
2008-05-02 11:58                           ` Adrian Bunk
2008-05-02 14:58                         ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-02 15:44                           ` Carlos R. Mafra
2008-05-02 16:28                             ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-02 17:15                               ` Carlos R. Mafra
2008-05-02 18:02                                 ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2008-05-09 16:32                                   ` Mark Lord
2008-05-09 19:30                                     ` Carlos R. Mafra
2008-05-09 20:39                                       ` Mark Lord
2008-05-01  0:41         ` David Miller
2008-05-01 13:23           ` Adrian Bunk
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-04-30 20:59 Slow DOWN, please!!! devzero

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