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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xm-test block device write verify test

To: Harry Butterworth <harry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xm-test block device write verify test
From: Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 12:02:47 -0700
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Hi Harry,

We usually bump the xm-test version in configure.ac when we change the
ramdisk, for compatibility reasons.

Thanks,

Dan


On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 17:51 +0100, Harry Butterworth wrote:
> >From the patch:
> 
> +# This test imports a ram disk device as a physical device into a domU.
> +# The domU initialises the ram disk with data from /dev/urandom and
> calculates
> +# the md5 checksum of the data (using tee as it is written so as to
> avoid
> +# reading it back from the device which might potentially mask
> problems).
> +# The domU is stopped and the md5 checksum of the data on the device is
> +# calculated by dom0.  The test succeeds if the checksums match,
> indicating
> +# that all the data written by domU was sucessfully committed to the
> device.
> +
> 
> This patch also enables tee and fancy head in busybox on the ramdisk.  I
> have tested the patch with both `make existing' where the tests run but
> the new test fails because the ramdisk is missing tee and fancy head and
> `make` where the test passes successfully.
> 
> The patch also installs the block-integrity tests in the default test
> set so they get executed.
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