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
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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