Following is the Tentative plan for improving LTP-KDUMP Test-cases: =========================================================================================================== ||S.NO|| ACTIVITY || TENTATIVE-TIME || =========================================================================================================== || 1 || Enhance result analysis code of Link Delay || JAN 2008 || || || and dump filtering || || || 2 || Develop failure recovery code for failures which || JAN 2008 || || || could be identified and fixed || || || 3 || Enhance ltp kdump to support kdump testing || DEC 2007 || || || on open suse and fedora || || =========================================================================================================== Proposed upcoming work from Cai Qian <qcai@redhat.com>: Here is my first draft plan of Kexec/Kdump tests enhancement sorted by priorities. I would like to add them as many as possible. == filtered vmcore utilities == - in different compressed levels, verify the vmcore with the correct layout. - verify it in flat file or ELF formats from a network host. == analyse vmcore utilities == - GDB - crash with better error detecting. - crash to analyse Hypervisor and Dom0 Kernel. == test scripts == - timestamp information for crash was triggered, vmcore was generated, and vmcore was verified. - aim to 100% automation, and reduce manual setup. - tidy up scripts. == crash scenarios == - SDINT switch for ia64 if possible. - Hypervisor crash for Virtualization. - crashes on full- and para-virt guests. == fix bugs in existing tests == - printk LKDTM module can hang the second Kernel. == kdump configurations and init script == - capture vmcore after init runs. - rpm pre- and post-scripts - kdump_pre and kdump_post directives == increase coverages for new kexec/kdump development efforts == - new reserved region syntax in Kernel.