OSDL has released a new version of the Scalable Test Platform, an
automated test environment that allows a developer to test kernel
patches on a variety of hardware platforms against a number of
performance tests.
The code and documentation is at:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/stp/
OSDL's instance of STP is at:
http://www.osdl.org/stp.
Types of tests to exercise a kernel patch include:
* memory stress
* scheduler
* file system
* database
* system calls
* synthetic microbenchmarks
Changes to the new release include the following:
* New installation toolkit
* Major revision to backend
* Minor bug fixes to web interface
* Much new documentation on Web and in kit
We encourage the community to use the framework at OSDL to test your
patches. Become an OSDL associate (free signup) at http://www.osdl.org
and take advantage of the the various platforms offered in the lab.
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Craig Thomas