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2Linux Test Project
robbiew9ea3ce72001-09-18 20:38:09 +0000[diff] [blame]3http://ltp.sf.net
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nstraz0312c252000-09-26 20:59:21 +0000[diff] [blame]6About the Linux Test Project
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robbiew9ea3ce72001-09-18 20:38:09 +0000[diff] [blame]8The Linux Test Project is a joint project with SGI, IBM, OSDL, and Bull with a
9goal to deliver test suites to the open source community that validate the
10reliability, robustness, and stability of Linux. The Linux Test Project is a
11collection of tools for testing the Linux kernel and related features. Our goal
12is to improve the Linux kernel by bring test automation to the kernel testing
13effort. Interested open source contributors are encouraged to join the project.
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16In the Package
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nstraz0312c252000-09-26 20:59:21 +0000[diff] [blame]18Here is a short description of what is included in this package
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21 Installation documentation and quick start guide
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nstraz0312c252000-09-26 20:59:21 +0000[diff] [blame]23README
24 This document
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nstraz0312c252000-09-26 20:59:21 +0000[diff] [blame]26CREDITS
27 Credits to those who have contributed to the project.
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nstraz0312c252000-09-26 20:59:21 +0000[diff] [blame]29COPYING
30 GNU Public License
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nstraz0312c252000-09-26 20:59:21 +0000[diff] [blame]32ChangeLog
33 An incomplete list of changes to the project. We will try harder to
34 keep this up to date.
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nstraz0312c252000-09-26 20:59:21 +0000[diff] [blame]36Makefile
37 Top level make file for LTP.
38
39runalltests.sh
40 A simple script to run all of the packaged tests in sequential order and
41 report the over all result.
42
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44 A simple script to run all the diskio tests that pertain to the CD-ROM and
45 floppy disk file systems.
46
47networktests.sh
48 A simple script to run all the network related tests that require another
49 remote machine.
50
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52 Documentation for the project including man pages for some of the
robbiewca0a7de2001-09-25 18:58:43 +0000[diff] [blame^]53 tools & library functions, as well as descriptions of every test.
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56include/*
57lib/*
58 The include and lib directories contain headers and codes for common
59 routines used by many of the tests. We have tried to keep this to a
60 minimum.
61
robbiew9ea3ce72001-09-18 20:38:09 +0000[diff] [blame]62testcases/*
robbiew3ebacce2001-09-19 15:38:28 +0000[diff] [blame]63 Contains all tests that run under the LTP as well as the "bin" directory,
64 which has hardlinks to all the test executables.
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66runtest/*
robbiew9ea3ce72001-09-18 20:38:09 +0000[diff] [blame]67 It houses command lists that are used by pan for automated testing.
68
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70 The pan directory contains a simple, lightweight test harness. pan
71 has the ability to run tests randomly and in parallel. See pan's man
72 page for more information.
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74
nstraz0312c252000-09-26 20:59:21 +0000[diff] [blame]75Warning!
76--------
alaffin198500d2000-08-21 22:18:17 +0000[diff] [blame]77Be careful with these tests!
78
79Don't run them on production systems. Growfiles, doio, and iogen in particular
80stress the I/O capabilities of systems and while they should not cause problems
81on properly functioning systems, they are intended to find (or cause) problems.
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84Contact Information and Updates
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86
robbiew9ea3ce72001-09-18 20:38:09 +0000[diff] [blame]87URL: http://ltp.sf.net
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robbiew9ea3ce72001-09-18 20:38:09 +0000[diff] [blame]89Questions and comments should be sent to the LTP mailing list located on the project page.
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