On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:01:47 +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > > >>> Give the test result before speaking too much. > >> > >> Which concrete data do you expect here? > > > > Depends on the result. > > How can this vary? How? Because I didn't see any test result from you, so I can't trust you. > > The bottom line is that you run your patched kernel on the real hardware > > Which test configurations would you trust finally? Do test whatever like the users do. > > 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? No, you need to run the kernel exactly to be used by the user of the target hardware. > > 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? It's the first step. At least then I can see you did some test. Currently nothing. zero. nada. How can I trust it? Takashi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
