Quick guide to auto-qa dxm 04/10/2000 ______________________ ______________ - pick/create a user to run auto-qa and check they can use ptools to check out of the tree - add your host to xfstests/common.config and check this file in OR create a local.config file in your xfstests directory - make a directory "$HOME/qa" - make a kernel workarea "$HOME/qa/2.4.x-xfs" for 2.4.x-xfs and a commands workarea "$HOME/qa/xfs-cmds" for xfs-cmds (easiest to copy them from elsewhere) - copy an appropriate .config file to $HOME/qa/$HOSTNAME.config - You'll need a hacked version of 'su' in $HOME/qa that lets your user su to root/root without a password (if you want to run from cron, it mustn't require /dev/tty). Warning - this is a massive security hole. - chown root.root $HOME/qa/su - chmod 6755 $HOME/qa/su - add the soon to be kernel to /etc/lilo.conf image=/boot/vmlinuz-xfs-qa label=linux-xfs-qa append = "console=ttyS0,38400n8" - $HOME/qa/auto-qa init At this point, the script should update the workarea, clean it, rebuild it, install it and reboot. Then run - $HOME/qa/auto-qa restarted And the tests should happen... and all pass, of course. To get it going automagically: - add some lines to the appropriate user's crontab: 0 4 * * * $HOME/qa/auto-qa cron-init 30 4 * * * $HOME/qa/auto-qa cron-restarted Notes: - if MODULAR=1 in auto-qa the XFS filesystem is expected to be a module; if MODULAR=0 it should be built into the kernel. - the test device is cleaned at the start of the QA run (to stop nightly QA being stuffed up if someone leaves the device inconsistant etc) - I'm using a hacked su because PCP sudo won't set the gid properly, and normal linux su won't run without a tty even if PAM is switched off. - The QA is restarted after reboot by a second cron entry to avoid the test being able to get itself into some stupid loop and so that it's always started by the appropriate user. You might have to make the second cron run later if your build takes ages. - Point the email addresses somewhere appropriate - When run in "cron-init" or "init" states, the script will p_tupdate itself and restart. If you start with an empty source tree, you'll need to check out the xfstests/tools/auto-qa script before it'll work (duh). good luck.