[svlug] looking for linux test suites that test linux

[Keith Owens]

On Sun, 20 Aug 2000 17:02:28 -0700 (PDT), 
HvR <hvrietsc at yahoo.com> wrote:
>i am looking for some opensource test suites (ie a
>collection of programs) that test the functionality of
>linux (mainly the kernel area).

>From linux-kernel on August 8.

SGI would like to announce the Linux Test Project.  The goal of this
project is to create a formalized test system for the Linux kernel.

We have released a set of 96 tests on the project's website
(http://oss.sgi.com/projects/ltp/).  These tests exercise file systems
and system calls and can be used for stress testing or sanity tests. 

We would like to discuss the following topics with the community.

 - The testing philosophy that is most important to the kernel
   developers.  What approach best fits the development process?
   Regression?  Functional?  Stress?  Performance?

 - What is needed immediately?  Building a test suite for the kernel is
   going to take time.  What tests or tools are most important?

 - We need to plan a development road map that works with the Linux
   kernel development road map. 

Linux Test Project  http://oss.sgi.com/projects/ltp/
LTP Mailing list    ltp at oss.sgi.com