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README

      1 Autotest: Fully automated tests under the linux platform
      2 --------------------------------------------------------
      3 
      4 Autotest is a framework for fully automated testing. It is designed primarily to
      5 test the Linux kernel, though it is useful for many other functions such as
      6 qualifying new hardware. It's an open-source project under the GPL and is used
      7 and developed by a number of organizations, including Google, IBM, Red Hat, and
      8 many others.
      9 
     10 Autotest is composed of a number of modules that will help you to do stand alone
     11 tests or setup a fully automated test grid, depending on what you are up to.
     12 A non extensive list of modules is:
     13 
     14 * Autotest client: The engine that executes the tests (dir client). Each
     15 autotest test is a a directory inside (client/tests) and it is represented
     16 by a python class that implements a minimum number of methods. The client
     17 is what you need if you are a single developer trying out autotest and executing
     18 some tests. Autotest client executes ''client side control files'', which are
     19 regular python programs, and leverage the API of the client.
     20 
     21 * Autotest server: A program that copies the client to remote machines and
     22 controls their execution. Autotest server executes ''server side control files'',
     23 which are also regular python programs, but leverage a higher level API, since
     24 the autotest server can control test execution in multiple machines. If you
     25 want to perform tests slightly more complex involving more than one machine you
     26 might want the autotest server
     27 
     28 * Autotest database: For test grids, we need a way to store test results, and
     29 that is the purpose of the database component. This DB is used by the autotest
     30 scheduler and the frontends to store and visualize test results.
     31 
     32 * Autotest scheduler: For test grids, we need an utility that can schedule and
     33 trigger job execution in test machines, the autotest scheduler is that utility.
     34 
     35 * Autotest web frontend: For test grids, A web app, whose backend is written in
     36 django (http://www.djangoproject.com/) and UI written in gwt
     37 (http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/), lets users to trigger jobs and visualize
     38 test results
     39 
     40 * Autotest command line interface: Alternatively, users also can use the
     41 autotest CLI, written in python
     42 
     43 
     44 Getting started with autotest client
     45 ------------------------------------
     46 
     47 For the impatient:
     48 
     49 http://autotest.kernel.org/wiki/QuickStart
     50 
     51 
     52 Check out the main project documentation source
     53 -----------------------------------------------
     54 
     55 You can find plenty of information on the autotest wiki
     56 
     57 http://autotest.kernel.org/
     58 
     59 That also contains references to the project activity
     60 
     61 http://autotest.kernel.org/timeline
     62 
     63 Links to an online view of the version control system
     64 
     65 http://autotest.kernel.org/browser
     66 
     67 
     68 Grabbing the latest source
     69 --------------------------
     70 
     71 http://autotest.kernel.org/wiki/DownloadSource
     72 
     73 
     74 Hacking and submitting patches
     75 ------------------------------
     76 
     77 http://autotest.kernel.org/wiki/SubmissionChecklist
     78 
     79 
     80 Downloading stable versions
     81 ---------------------------
     82 
     83 http://autotest.kernel.org/wiki/Download
     84