Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757491AbXIBDor (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 23:44:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753374AbXIBDoi (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 23:44:38 -0400 Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.187]:21641 "EHLO rv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753240AbXIBDoh (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 23:44:37 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=OgTM6AQEoXQ7svaV5Y/YcFnmtw6iogBooXxuAcbCGkIkBU6ywFVuAERwT4P6zNjDDQwMiPkjw5LkxeSuYvLt1DJE/McAhZQUwvwGcrGmPjixAKxxJy+Pj9fLeSKSpKB+oYJRXrgaE4WtqCmmtBr81YY1qX7riOmY26n15F/ZSj4= Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0709012044p4e7826e2s46368e519bd349e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 23:44:36 -0400 From: "Mike Frysinger" To: "Bill Davidsen" Subject: Re: the Linux kernel, testsuites, and maybe *you* Cc: "Linux Kernel" In-Reply-To: <46DA2133.5000809@tmr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <8bd0f97a0708311422u309ff09cs24dfe64ff535a982@mail.gmail.com> <46DA2133.5000809@tmr.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 896 Lines: 17 On 9/1/07, Bill Davidsen wrote: > If you want to test that stuff and run it on the current code in the > kernel, how about a kernel module? You could "modprobe sanitytest" or > something and report to syslog at module load time. And maybe have a > parameter which does something drastic if something core is so hosed > that filesystem damage is likely. Or just optional init code run by a > kernel option, perhaps sanity testing after boot is not a great idea. i'm fully capable of doing my own testing right now; that isnt the point of this thread ... the point is for everyone to benefit, not just the Blackfin architecture -mike - 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/