On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 5:54 PM Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 12:48:38PM -0600, jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > 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 ? > > I recently was tracking syzbot report that is occured in > sound driver. I don't have the device, but was curious about > what the test method is. well, it surely depends on the bug - and whether its reproducible. if you could defend the patch as "obviously correct" you could reasonably send it without extensive testing, case by case Id guess. > > > 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 > > well, build tests are useful but it is not enough, we should run the > code on actual device. is it possible to make the bot test the device > (which I don't have) even if there is no syzbot reproducer? > its possible / practical to disqualify patches robotically, but to bless them takes a priest. Robots win by prequalifying submissions. > I think I need to learn about bots more.. > Now think about how its a real-life turing test. 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@xxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ kbuild-all mailing list -- kbuild-all@xxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to kbuild-all-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxx theres also a wiki, which helped me make sense of things a bit better than the torrent of reports > Thanks, > Hyeongogn Yoo > _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
