linux-kernel - Re: the Linux kernel, testsuites, and maybe *you*

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Date:	Sat, 1 Sep 2007 23:44:36 -0400
From:	"Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	"Bill Davidsen" <davidsen@....com>
Cc:	"Linux Kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: the Linux kernel, testsuites, and maybe *you*

On 9/1/07, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com> 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
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