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Better Test Those Kernel Patches

Posted by timothy on from the tools-for-coders dept.

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.

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  1. Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I thought Linux was ready to run, out of the box.

    Windows doesn't have to do this kind of testing.