Re: How to make -mm a more viable testbed (was: [PATCH] [1/12]x86: Work around mmio config space quirk on AMD)

From: Dave Jones
Date: Mon Aug 13 2007 - 19:10:12 EST


On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 05:07:23PM -0600, Zan Lynx wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 17:09 -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 02:40:06PM -0600, Zan Lynx wrote:
> > > I thought most people running -mm were running klive, which shou
> > > ld tell kernel versions, uptime and other things. I run it, anyway.
> > >
> > > http://klive.cpushare.com/
> >
> > If that's the case, there are 3 people running 2.6.23-rc2-mm2.
> > I suspect the actual number of users is considerably higher.
> > Somehow I doubt that 'most' people are running klive.
>
> I had thought Andrew asked people to do it at one point. Could have
> been someone else, I suppose. Ah, it was Andrea Arcangeli.
>
> At the time, it seemed more people were doing it. I guess not though.
> Or there really aren't many people running the latest -mm. It *is*
> quite a hassle. I only do it because I'm crazy. :)
>
> I think klive is a good idea for tracking kernel testing. Perhaps
> mentioning it here again will get more people running it.
>
> I suppose that someone could try to estimate usage by counting patch
> downloads off kernel.org.

The fallout from bugs found each time Andrew makes an announcement
should be a fairly good indicator :-)

Dave

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