Testers Hardware...

[John Summerfield]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Friday 04 April 2008 09:53:15 Andrew Farris wrote:
>> - Would developers find it beneficial to seek out people in the testing
>> pool who have specific hardware configurations if the tool and data were
>> there to find them?
> 
> Quite often a bug is reported on specific hardware, and the developer to whom 
> it is assigned can't reproduce it on his system.  I would think that it would 
> save a good deal of time and effort if he could find others with the same 
> hardware as the reporter, and ask them to comment.
> 

How are kernel hackers testing?

AFAIK nobody else has the kernel problem I reported. Testing for me is 
fairly easy, just give me a kernel - preferable imbedded in an ISO 
containing an initrd, so I can still test it if I get fed up and run 
something else.

Hardware-sensitive Kernel problems, at least those hard on, should be 
fairly easy to test. Other problems, such as with userland software, 
netmangler and so on might be a little harder, though probably a live CD 
would be good for many of those.

However, I think a lot of people would be loathe to do anything too 
intrusive: if I get a new working kernel I won't be in a hurry to lose it.

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Cheers
John

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