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New Tool to Track Kernel Testing Time

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the handy-opt-in-software dept.

mu22le writes "Andrea Arcangeli has created a new tool, 'klive', to automatically track the amount of testing that each kernel gets before release. According to Kernel Traffic "There was some discussion [on making it a kernel config option] that public perception might put this in the "spyware" category", but still the ability to track a kernel usage and reliability would be valuable to both developers and users."

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  1. ugh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    http://www.kerneltraffic.org.nyud.net:8090/kernel- traffic/latest.html#6
    http://klive.cpushare.com.nyud.net:8090/

  2. vixie cron doesn't like the way it installs... by sednet · · Score: 3, Informative

    if you download and install it as of 10am PST today, its going to try and install a cron job that begins:
    -*/10 * * * * ps x | grep...
    which vixie cron (and presumably others) rejects as invalid. i just changed it to run every 10 minutes like:
    */10 * * * * ps x | grep...
    hth

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    about sean dreilinger
  3. Re:Applicable to microsoft windows? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Microsoft probably puts their stuff through more testing than anybody. And it's needed -- even with all that testing, things slip through. (I'll skip talking about why there's so many bugs ... others can do that.)

    That isn't really much of a statement ("probably"). Given the 'quality' of quite a few Microsoft products, they obviously haven't been tested thoroughly enough.

    The Linux kernel is much smaller than Windows. Far less testing is needed, though of course some testing is still a good idea.

    Linux is a monolithic kernel with practically all its drivers (apart from VGA drivers) built in, and the WinNT kernel is a microkernel with most drivers made by third parties. You really, really cannot compare the two that easily.