From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 08:16:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 08:16:28 -0500 Received: from adglinux1.hns.com ([139.85.108.152]:58315 "EHLO adglinux1.hns.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 08:16:16 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: regression testing Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: nbecker@fred.net Date: 22 Mar 2001 08:15:31 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi. I was wondering if there has been any discussion of kernel regression testing. Wouldn't it be great if we didn't have to depend on human testers to verify every change didn't break something? OK, I'll admit I haven't given this a lot of thought. What I'm wondering is whether the user-mode linux could help here (allow a way to simulate controlled activity).