Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266232AbUFPJ5k (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2004 05:57:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266236AbUFPJ5k (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2004 05:57:40 -0400 Received: from holomorphy.com ([207.189.100.168]:52908 "EHLO holomorphy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266232AbUFPJ5O (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2004 05:57:14 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 02:57:09 -0700 From: William Lee Irwin III To: Zoltan.Menyhart@bull.net Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: VM validation question Message-ID: <20040616095709.GF1444@holomorphy.com> Mail-Followup-To: William Lee Irwin III , Zoltan.Menyhart@bull.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <40C090DE.55A6C699@nospam.org> <40D014B4.BBE895DB@nospam.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40D014B4.BBE895DB@nospam.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 904 Lines: 19 On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 11:36:52AM +0200, Zoltan Menyhart wrote: > I do "some" modification to the virtual memory subsystem. > How can I make sure that the compatibility is kept ? > Have you got some VM validation packages, stress tests, etc. ? > Could you please, indicate how I can pick up to these tests ? There are few, if any ABI compatibility test suites. By and large, important breakages are almost immediately observable, and the less important ones can be fixed up afterward, so I'd encourage you to proceed with testing by means of targeted testcases when a specific area is in doubt, and general benchmarks and stress tests for the rest. -- wli - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/