Messages in this thread | | | From | Sudip Mukherjee <> | Date | Sun, 12 Sep 2021 20:29:32 +0100 | Subject | Re: Linux 5.14 |
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Hi Linus,
On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 4:17 PM Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 2:12 AM Sudip Mukherjee > <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > We were recently working on openqa based testing and is a very basic > > testing for now.. Build the kernel for x86_64 and arm64, boot it on > > qemu and rpi4 and test that the desktop environment is working. And, > > it now tests mainline branch every night. So, last night it tested > > "5.14.0-7d2a07b76933" and both tests were ok. > > Thanks. The more the merrier, and if you do this every night, having a > fairly low-latency "it stopped working" will be good. > > Of course, if you can find some other slightly more oddball > configuration that you would also like to test, that it would be even > better. > > Because while it's lovely to have more automated testing, if > _everybody_ only tests x86-64 and arm64, the less common cases get > little to no testing. > > No big deal, but I thought I'd just mention it in case you go "Yeah, I > know XYZ is entirely irrelevant, but I happen to like it, so I could > easily add that to the testing too".
A late reply, but better late than never. I have now added a ppc64 qemu test which will run every night along with the previous two arch. We are also working on adding a risc-v board to the tests.
-- Regards Sudip
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