Hi,
Sorry to all for Ccing particular emailid's.
Boot sequence i have drawn is as follows::
1) BIOS loades a small program which further loades boot program.
2) boot---->loading kernel-------------->countdown can be interrupted(set of commands are available including loading a different kernel)------>boot command------->initializes CPU(including run time stack and virtual memory mapping)---|
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M/c Dependent functions M/C Independent functions
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|---1)Mutexes |
| |--1)Mounting Root File system
|---2)Virtual memory table |
| |--2)Initialize different DS
|---3)Configuring I/O Devices |
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System processes are made runnable
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User processes are brought into memory
Now to make sure that every thing is fine after boot up what all thing can i test?? One thing i mentioned in my previous mail is about dmesg o/p for any knd of warning or error during boot up. Apart from that what all i can test.
Thanks
Abhish
--- On Tue, 13/1/09, Erik Mouw <mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Erik Mouw <mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Testing Boot Sequence
> To: "abhish agarwal" <abhish_agr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Kernelnewbies" <kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tuesday, 13 January, 2009, 12:13 AM
> On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:59:17 +0530 (IST) abhish agarwal
> <abhish_agr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I was trying to create set of testcases for boot
> sequence.But i am little bit confused how to start.what i
> have thought till now is first i will test dmesg output to
> make sure there is no error and failure,and also through rc
> script i find out what all files and directories are created
> during startup.What other things can i do please give me
> some input.
>
> For starters you could tell us what exactly you would try
> to test.
> "Testing boot sequence" is quite a broad thing.
>
> Oh, and just send your message to the list. Randomly
> CC'ing subscribers
> isn't any faster, just more annoying for those
> subscribers.
>
>
> Erik
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