Re: 2.1.108 stress test results

Ganesh Sittampalam (ganesh.sittampalam@ox.compsoc.net)
Wed, 15 Jul 1998 02:16:56 +0100 (BST)

>
> Yes, well, just run many different programs a lot... Different
> program, and lots of them, everything you can think of, and go into swap a
> lot.
>
> Uneducated guess, but I think this will produce the desired effect, wont
> it?

I guess so. Is there anything within the kernel that could be a problem
that is time rather than load related?

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> On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Ganesh Sittampalam wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 15 Jul 1998 00:18:52 +0200, you wrote:
> >
> > >> > > The 2.0.35 release notes let me do a slightly unscheduled stress test
> > >> > > on the 2.1.108 code.
> > >> > >
> > >> > Maybe it's interesting for some people to post more details
> > >> > of your stress tests, so people can do some tests on their hardware.
> > >>
> > >> Note the "slightly unscheduled". The 2 pages a second are the 2.0.35 release
> > >> notes at http://roadrunner.swansea.linux.org.uk. It wasnt planned stress testing
> > >
> > >Ah, thanks for your quick reply.
> > >
> > >I thought you eventually had some ideas for a planned stress testing.
> > >It's sometimes very difficult to test a new kernel on "low loaden
> > >workstations".
> > >The best test would be to put it on a production machine, but who knows what
> > >happens. ;)
> >
> > The one thing that is hard to do with development kernels is
> > testing the effect of long uptimes. Is there any way to
> > simulate this, perhaps by putting a machine under heavy load
> > in some way?
> >
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