2017-03-23 15:54:11

by Satoru Takeuchi

Subject: [ANNOUNCE] elkdat: an easy linux kernel development and test tool

elkdat is a tool to ease linux kernel development/test. It
automatically setups linux kernel
source repository and a VM for linux kernel development and test. In
addition, It runs
the following kinds of tests automatically just by one command.

- build, install, boot you own kernel
- run your own tests on your own kernel
- test the all patches in a patchset
- find a problematic commit with bisect

NOTE:
Actually these features are achieved by ktest. elkdat is just a
ktest's wrapper.
Special thanks to Steven Rostedt!


Here are some examples.

* Boot your own kernel

```
$ ./test boot
```

* Run your own test on your own kernel

```
$ ./test test /path/to/your/own/test
```

* Test whether all patches in your patcheset are bootable or not one by one

```
$ ./test patchcheck <first patch's commit ID> <last patch's commit ID> boot
```

* Find which commit introduces an un-bootable bug by bysect

```
./test bisect <good commit> <bad commit> boot
```


For more information, please refer to the following URL.

https://github.com/satoru-takeuchi/elkdat

Thanks,
Satoru

2017-03-23 19:00:09

by Steven Rostedt

Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] elkdat: an easy linux kernel development and test tool

On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:54:06 +0900
Satoru Takeuchi <[email protected]> wrote:

> elkdat is a tool to ease linux kernel development/test. It
> automatically setups linux kernel
> source repository and a VM for linux kernel development and test. In
> addition, It runs
> the following kinds of tests automatically just by one command.
>
> - build, install, boot you own kernel
> - run your own tests on your own kernel
> - test the all patches in a patchset
> - find a problematic commit with bisect
>
> NOTE:
> Actually these features are achieved by ktest. elkdat is just a
> ktest's wrapper.
> Special thanks to Steven Rostedt!

Nice!

John, FYI...

-- Steve

>
>
> Here are some examples.
>
> * Boot your own kernel
>
> ```
> $ ./test boot
> ```
>
> * Run your own test on your own kernel
>
> ```
> $ ./test test /path/to/your/own/test
> ```
>
> * Test whether all patches in your patcheset are bootable or not one by one
>
> ```
> $ ./test patchcheck <first patch's commit ID> <last patch's commit ID> boot
> ```
>
> * Find which commit introduces an un-bootable bug by bysect
>
> ```
> ./test bisect <good commit> <bad commit> boot
> ```
>
>
> For more information, please refer to the following URL.
>
> https://github.com/satoru-takeuchi/elkdat
>
> Thanks,
> Satoru