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Operational Testing of Linux Kernel 2.5.x
G3ckoG33k writes "The Open Source Development's Lab has begun operational testing of the 2.5.x Kernel: "The staff at OSDL has been involved with development and testing of 2.5 since the beginning and we've noticed that it seems to be very stable for a development tree. So good, in fact, that we think it is ready to be tested in a production environment. We have planned and begun execution of a project to test the 2.5 kernel in our data center using our production environment. The project includes lots of testing and lots of escape hatches so we don't run recklessly off the edge. We began with some of the simpler, less critical servers and, as we build confidence, are moving to the more complex servers. Today we have several servers running 2.5 and within a month we'll have most of the data center migrated to 2.5." Can anyone say Dare Devils?" -
Linux Kernel Automated Testing Tool
darksmurf writes: "In answer to repeated requests for an easy way to test linux kernel releases the OSDL has developed an automated testing framework called the Scalable Test Platform. The LK posting with examples is here and the main page is here. The system can do regression testing, benchmarking full environment documentation and various other goodies." -
Linux Kernel Automated Testing Tool
darksmurf writes: "In answer to repeated requests for an easy way to test linux kernel releases the OSDL has developed an automated testing framework called the Scalable Test Platform. The LK posting with examples is here and the main page is here. The system can do regression testing, benchmarking full environment documentation and various other goodies." -
Better Test Those Kernel Patches
alanjstr writes: "eWeek reports that 'The Open Source Development Lab has created a code benchmarking tool--known as the Scalable Test Platform--that it says will allow developers to easily test their Linux kernel patches from a variety of tests and server configurations.' It is intended for centralized performance testing." OSDL is sponsored by a lot of companies, including VA Linux, parent company of OSDN and Slashdot. -
Better Test Those Kernel Patches
alanjstr writes: "eWeek reports that 'The Open Source Development Lab has created a code benchmarking tool--known as the Scalable Test Platform--that it says will allow developers to easily test their Linux kernel patches from a variety of tests and server configurations.' It is intended for centralized performance testing." OSDL is sponsored by a lot of companies, including VA Linux, parent company of OSDN and Slashdot. -
Better Test Those Kernel Patches
alanjstr writes: "eWeek reports that 'The Open Source Development Lab has created a code benchmarking tool--known as the Scalable Test Platform--that it says will allow developers to easily test their Linux kernel patches from a variety of tests and server configurations.' It is intended for centralized performance testing." OSDL is sponsored by a lot of companies, including VA Linux, parent company of OSDN and Slashdot. -
Linux Token Ring Support Bringing Down Corporate Nets?
mjh asks: "I've been running Debian GNU/Linux on my company supplied laptop for 3 months now. I got permission from my manager to run it on the network, but I did not go through the somewhat rigorous process of getting the software certified. I have legitimate business reasons for using it on the corporate network (which is why my manager approved it). I even managed to get Lotus Notes to run under wine so I never had to boot into Winders at all (unless someone sent me a PPT doc). I was pretty happy...until I brought the entire network down." Anyone else running Linux on a Token Ring network who would care to talk about their own experiences?"My company runs Token Ring at the office (puke!) I got drivers from the card manufacturer (Madge), and I'd been happily churning along. Then last week, we started seeing a bunch of errors on the network. These errors would bring everyone on the ring down. After a week of this kinda stuff, they eventually isolated it to me.
Reboot the laptop into Windows and the network card works just fine and they don't see any ring errors. Reboot into linux, and suddenly they start seeing ring errors. I don't really grok token ring, so I'm not entirely certain that I know exactly what the problem is. But, whenever I brought the token ring on line under linux, they saw ring errors, which eventually (as I understand it) would bring down the entire ring. Switch cards (same model) and it continues to happen. It looked to me (and the network analysts) that the Linux driver was causing the problem.
I tried switching to an IBM token ring card, but there's a bug and I hadn't patched for this. The people with the fluke would not wait around while I tried to figure this out. I didn't have any other token ring cards that I could try.
In the end, I agreed not to boot into Linux unless I went into the conference room (which is one of the only rooms in the building with ethernet ports). How should I have done this differently so that using Linux would have been a more positive experience for my company?"
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OSDLab Gets New Sponsors, New Projects
quakeaddict wrote to us with the news that Open Source Development Lab has gotten two (initial) new projects approved. The first is dedicated to increasing Linux TCP/IP concurrent support from 20,000 to more than 40,000 connections, while the second is focused on scaling Linux to support applications running on 16- and 64-way systems. The wire story is out now with more details. -
Open Source Developer Lab Looking For Board Members
A reader writes: "I noticed that the Open Source Development Lab is looking for nominations and commentary on the Community Nominations to the Board. They've got some of the usual suspects on there, but will also take other suggestions. The organization was profiled by Nick Petreley a while back as well." -
Open Source Developer Lab Looking For Board Members
A reader writes: "I noticed that the Open Source Development Lab is looking for nominations and commentary on the Community Nominations to the Board. They've got some of the usual suspects on there, but will also take other suggestions. The organization was profiled by Nick Petreley a while back as well."