Re: 2.1.108 stress test results

Ganesh Sittampalam (ganesh.sittampalam@magd.ox.ac.uk)
Wed, 15 Jul 1998 00:29:14 GMT


On Wed, 15 Jul 1998 00:18:52 +0200, you wrote:

>> > > The 2.0.35 release notes let me do a slightly unscheduled stress test
>> > > on the 2.1.108 code.
>> > >
>> > Maybe it's interesting for some people to post more details
>> > of your stress tests, so people can do some tests on their hardware.
>>
>> Note the "slightly unscheduled". The 2 pages a second are the 2.0.35 release
>> notes at http://roadrunner.swansea.linux.org.uk. It wasnt planned stress testing
>
>Ah, thanks for your quick reply.
>
>I thought you eventually had some ideas for a planned stress testing.
>It's sometimes very difficult to test a new kernel on "low loaden
>workstations".
>The best test would be to put it on a production machine, but who knows what
>happens. ;)

The one thing that is hard to do with development kernels is
testing the effect of long uptimes. Is there any way to
simulate this, perhaps by putting a machine under heavy load
in some way?

Ganesh

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