Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rusty Lynch" <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] Open POSIX Test Suite | Date | Tue, 5 Nov 2002 11:05:08 -0800 |
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We started with a few areas like message queues and signals, but it is just a starting point.
-rusty (hmm... guess rusty is already taken in this domain. maybe I should sign rustyl :->)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephanie Glass" <sglass@us.ibm.com> To: "Rusty Lynch" <rusty@linux.co.intel.com> Cc: "Dan Kegel" <dkegel@ixiacom.com>; "Geoff Gustafson" <geoff@linux.co.intel.com>; "Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 10:24 AM Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Open POSIX Test Suite
> > Rusty, > We will take them. We may set them up not to run with our runall portion > but as a separate run. This is how we do several areas, such as > networking. Just let us know when you are ready to start contributing. > It doesn't have to be all at once, we will take in stages also. We put out > a new version almost every month so we can get them out there quickly. > > Don't most of these test cases deal with things like POSIX timers, > semaphores, threads, etc.? Or are these other types of tests? > > Thanks > > Stephanie > > Linux Technology Center > IBM, 11400 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758 > Phone: (512) 838-9284 T/L: 678-9284 Fax: (512) 838-3882 > E-Mail: sglass@us.ibm.com > > > > "Rusty Lynch" > <rusty@linux.co.i To: "Geoff Gustafson" <geoff@linux.co.intel.com>, Stephanie > ntel.com> Glass/Austin/IBM@IBMUS > cc: "Dan Kegel" <dkegel@ixiacom.com>, "Linux Kernel Mailing List" > 11/05/2002 10:43 <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> > AM Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Open POSIX Test Suite > > > > > > > Stephanie, > > All test are GPL, so anyone can do anything they want with them. We would > be happy to donate test to any project. > > The truth is that we modeled test cases after LTP, meaning that a test case > is > a simple executable that returns 0 for success and anything else to > indicate > failure, so copying a test from posixtest to LTP should be very easy. > > I was under the impression that LTP did not want to accept a bunch of test > cases that did not currently have an associated implementation in Linux. > It sounds like this is not exactly correct. How about test cases that will > probably > always be implemented in user space? Isn't LTP specific to kernel testing? > > -rusty > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephanie Glass" <sglass@us.ibm.com> > To: "Geoff Gustafson" <geoff@linux.co.intel.com> > Cc: "Dan Kegel" <dkegel@ixiacom.com>; "Linux Kernel Mailing List" > <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 7:49 AM > Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Open POSIX Test Suite > > > > > > Geoff, > > The LTP would be happy to have anyone in the Linux community donate test > > cases. This includes any POSIX tests. > > The LTP would not be advertised as a POSIX compliance test, that would be > > up to LSB to handle. These tests > > would only increase the overall LTP api coverages. > > > > Does your group own these tests? Do you want to donate them to the LTP? > > > > Stephanie > > > > Linux Technology Center > > IBM, 11400 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758 > > Phone: (512) 838-9284 T/L: 678-9284 Fax: (512) 838-3882 > > E-Mail: sglass@us.ibm.com > > > > > > > > "Geoff Gustafson" > > <geoff@linux.co.i To: "Dan Kegel" > <dkegel@ixiacom.com>, "Linux Kernel Mailing List" > > ntel.com> > <linux-kernel@vger.kernel. > org> > > cc: Stephanie > Glass/Austin/IBM@IBMUS > > 11/04/2002 06:04 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] > Open POSIX Test Suite > > PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > You are about to duplicate http://ltp.sf.net > > > > My understanding is that LTP is focused on current mainline kernel > testing, > > while this project's initial concern is areas that are not currently in > > Linux > > like POSIX message queues, semaphores, and full support for POSIX > threads. > > I see > > this as being used to evaluate different implementations that are being > > considered for inclusion in the kernel, glibc, etc. > > > > This project is concerned with the POSIX APIs regardless of where they > are > > implemented (kernel, glibc, etc.). Thus it can focus on POSIX, > independent > > of > > implementation. This project will be more concerned with traceability > back > > to > > the POSIX specification, and completeness of coverage, than I would > expect > > from > > LTP. > > > > That said, there is some overlap, and an exchange of test cases between > the > > projects may be very useful. > > > > I've copied Stephanie from LTP to get her reaction. > > > > -- Geoff Gustafson > > > > These are my views and not necessarily those of my employer. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > 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/ > > > > > > > - > 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/
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