Re: How to test device driver?

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On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 9:28 AM Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello, there are lots of drivers in linux.
>
> My questions are:
>
>   - how can we test driver? is it just using that device for a long
>     time as a user?
>
testing is hard.  Having the device is highly recommended.
ISTM essential if adding a Tested-by: tag
Do you have a particular device in mind ?


>   - what to do if there's a bug (like syzbot report), fixed it,
>     but if we don't have that device?
>

You could reply to that report email, with your patch included.
0day/lkp robot watches many email lists, and might test your patch
automatically, for you on different architectures

at least Ive seen it happening on kbuild, kbuild-all lists


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