Re: [RFC] autokdump - automated kdump testsuite

2014-09-23 Thread Vivek Goyal
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:53:55PM -0400, CAI Qian wrote: [..] > > Why not simply let the respective service on the host do this job and > > test only makes sure that kdump service is running. It feels little > > out of place that a test is generating custom initramfs. > Because not every distro w

Re: [RFC] autokdump - automated kdump testsuite

2014-09-22 Thread CAI Qian
vek Goyal" > > > To: "CAI Qian" > > > Cc: "linux-kernel" vger.kernel.org>, "ltp-list" > > > sourceforge.net>, "crash-utility" > > > redhat.com>, "kexec" , "kexec > > > kdump redhat mailin

Re: [RFC] autokdump - automated kdump testsuite

2014-09-22 Thread Vivek Goyal
ot;kexec" , "kexec > > kdump redhat mailing list" > > > > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 9:22:36 PM > > Subject: Re: [RFC] autokdump - automated kdump testsuite > > > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 05:52:25AM -0400, CAI Qian wrote: > > >

Re: [RFC] autokdump - automated kdump testsuite

2014-09-22 Thread CAI Qian
- Original Message - > From: "Vivek Goyal" > To: "CAI Qian" > Cc: "linux-kernel" , "ltp-list" > , "crash-utility" > , "kexec" , "kexec kdump > redhat mailing list" > > Sent: Friday, Septem

Re: [RFC] autokdump - automated kdump testsuite

2014-09-22 Thread Dave Young
On 09/19/14 at 05:52am, CAI Qian wrote: > I plan to release an automated kdump testsuite that will be > focus on testing kernel and the crash utility. It should work > for all major distros since it will use none of distro-specific > stuff, and also support different arches including x86, ARM, > PP

Re: [RFC] autokdump - automated kdump testsuite

2014-09-22 Thread Dave Young
Hi, On 09/19/14 at 05:52am, CAI Qian wrote: > I plan to release an automated kdump testsuite that will be > focus on testing kernel and the crash utility. It should work > for all major distros since it will use none of distro-specific > stuff, and also support different arches including x86, ARM,

Re: [RFC] autokdump - automated kdump testsuite

2014-09-19 Thread Vivek Goyal
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 05:52:25AM -0400, CAI Qian wrote: > I plan to release an automated kdump testsuite that will be So will this be a standalone test suit? Can it be merged with something already existing say, LTP. > focus on testing kernel and the crash utility. It should work > for all majo

Re: [RFC] autokdump - automated kdump testsuite

2014-09-19 Thread Vivek Goyal
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 09:22:36AM -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote: > On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 05:52:25AM -0400, CAI Qian wrote: > > I plan to release an automated kdump testsuite that will be > > So will this be a standalone test suit? Can it be merged with > something already existing say, LTP. Also ho

[RFC] autokdump - automated kdump testsuite

2014-09-19 Thread CAI Qian
I plan to release an automated kdump testsuite that will be focus on testing kernel and the crash utility. It should work for all major distros since it will use none of distro-specific stuff, and also support different arches including x86, ARM, PPC64 and s390x. It does the following: 1) check if