Re: Article: Using test suites to test the new kernel

[David D.W. Downey]

God sent you right? :) Been looking for something along this nature.

David

On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Michael D. Crawford wrote:

> I've written a brief article on the topic of using test suites to test new linux
> kernels.  
> 
> It is my hope that anyone who wants to play with the new kernels will try out
> some of these suites, not just people doing a formal QA process, so that more
> coverage of configurations can be achieved.
> 
> Using Test Suites to Validate the Linux Kernel
> http://linuxquality.sunsite.dk/articles/testsuites/
> 
> I cover the use of suites that test the correct functioning of applications (for
> example, language compliance tests for Python and Kaffe's Java implementation)
> as well as test suites aimed directly at testing Linux itself.
> 
> Links to five different packages with test suites are given.  I'd appreciate
> hearing of any more that you know about.
> 
> I also appreciate your comments on how I can improve the article.  This is a
> first draft.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mike Crawford
>