US local time August 19th, aimed at promoting the popularity of non-profit groups in Linux, publishing the latest version of the "ScalabletestPlatform (STP)" environment that automatically tests Linux kernels to automatically test Linux kernels. . In addition to adding functions of simulating the actual data center environment on the Linux kernel, various load tests can be made on open source databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, SAPDB.
STP is the experimental environment provided by OSDL since 2001. The code change of the Linux kernel can be checked, automatically record the measurement results of the processing performance and stability on various hardware platforms. OSDL offers STP downloads for free on the website.
The latest version supports Kernbench, Contest, Reaim, OpenPOSIXTESTSUITE and other test suices, but also programs such as Postgres and SysStat. In addition, cross-compiled filters can also be checked under the PPC / PPC64 / SPARC / SPARC64 / X86_64 / Alpha processor architecture.
OSDL is currently carrying out the Linux kernel version from 2.5 to 2.5 development work, which is called the average of 1,000 kernel tests per month using STP.
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