Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:52:29 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.25-rc4 |
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On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:10:53AM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > On Sun 2008-03-09 13:55:23, Andi Kleen wrote: > > Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> writes: > > > > > > How many machines are there in your test farm? Would it be possible to > > > make the neccessary scripts available somewhere? I guess I could make > > > one or two machines do some automated testing... > > > > You can also use autoboot > > > > ftp://ftp.firstfloor.org/pub/ak/autoboot/autoboot-1.tgz > > > > [hmm I think it's a slightly older version, but should not > > be too difficult to adapt] > > > > These are the scripts we use for automatic testing regularly in Nuernberg. > > > > It's a little different from Ingo's setup I think though and you > > really need to use remote controllable power switches for it to work > > well [I personally use some cheap USB controlled ones] > > I lack the power switches. I wonder how Ingo gets around that?
I use gembird USB powerswitches. They are cheap and work well under Linux.
> > ...OTOH power switch should be only needed when we hit a kernel bug, > that should hopefully be rare...
It happens more often than you think.
-Andi
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