Re: ALSA: nm256: Fine-tuning for three function implementations

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Tue Nov 28 2017 - 10:02:41 EST


>>> Give the test result before speaking too much.
>>
>> Which concrete data do you expect here?
>
> Depends on the result.

How can this vary?


> The bottom line is that you run your patched kernel on the real hardware

Which test configurations would you trust finally?


> or equivalent (VM or emulation) for the device you touched.

Can all the devices for which I dared to adjust their source code a bit
tested in desired ways within virtual machines?


> Run your patched kernel and the driver code on the real machine with
> the corresponding device. Show the device is running. That's the
> very first step. Then follow the more detailed tests, but it depends
> on the subsystem.

How can such descriptions improve the trust situation?

Regards,
Markus