OSDL releases new Linux kernel test environment STP version 3.0

On October 30, August 19, the non-profit group Open SourceDevelopmentLab (OSDL, Open source code Development Lab), which aims to promote the popularization of Linux, released the ScalableTestPlatform (STP) used to automatically test the Linux kernel) "The latest version of the environment is Version3.0. In addition to the function of simulating the actual data center environment on the Linux kernel, it can also perform various load tests on open source databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SAPDb.

STP is a testing environment provided by OSDL since 2001. It can inspect the code changes of the Linux Kernel on various hardware platforms and automatically record the results of processing performance and stability tests. OSDL provides STP download for free on the website.

The latest version supports various test suites, such as Kernbench, contest, reaim, and OpenPOSIXTestsuite. You can also test ipvs and sysstat programs. In addition, the cross-compilation filter is added, which can be verified in the PPC/PPC64/iSCSI/Sparc64/x86_64/Alpha processor architecture.

OSDL is currently developing the Linux kernel version from 2.5 to 2.6, and it is said that the monthly average use of STP for more than 1000 internal nuclear tests.

From: SOHU