From 1ef2f79d046aa91462f15e10adc4aee09f8cdec8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Keir Fraser Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:27:37 +0100 Subject: xm-test: Add status section to xm-test/README The resport functionality is not removed because there is the hope that somebody sets up the server side infrastructure. Signed-off-by: Andreas Florath --- tools/xm-test/README | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) (limited to 'tools/xm-test') diff --git a/tools/xm-test/README b/tools/xm-test/README index b63a34be32..405532c7fb 100644 --- a/tools/xm-test/README +++ b/tools/xm-test/README @@ -1,4 +1,29 @@ +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Status of xm-test + +The xm-test environment was written in 2006. It was mostly not +updated or adapted to new / changed functionality since then. +("it's slowly rotting", Keir Fraser, xen-devel mailing list, +June 2009) +During the last weeks there was the attempt to fix most of the +problems - but there are still some major issues: +o The reporting infrastructure is 'long gone' (Dan Smith, Mail from + Aug 2009). Therefore there is no way to send out reports. When + running the runtests.sh you should therefore specify the '-d' + option. +o The initrd.img (which is downloaded) is quite old and needs an + update. Especially functionality for migration it is missing. + [It should be discussed using an existing distribution instead of + compiling a micro distribution and put this into the initrd.) + +Andreas Florath +August 2009 + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + + xm-test README Copyright (C) International Business Machines Corp., 2005 -- cgit v1.2.3