Atlanta Linux Fest Hardware testing

[Manoj Iyer]

The kernel team did a Karmic Hardware Compatibility Workshop, key 
components like suspend/resume, audio, fn buttons, KMS, graphics, flash, 
camera, java etc were tested. The response was really encouraging, a lot 
of Ubuntu fans really liked the idea that we are taking this initiative to 
test karmic against their hardware. Users also suggested that we put in 
place a mechanism by which they loan us their hardware for fixing bugs. An 
online magazine editor was really impressed with the test kit that we put 
together and requested that I provide him a screen capture of the testing 
process.

The image used to test is available at
http://people.canonical.com/~manjo/usbkey/09-15-09/karmic_0915_testkit.img.bz2
This image is based on 09-15-09 daily build of kamic plus 09-17-09 kernel 
& supporting libs that fix the intel video card issue that Andy worked on. 
The tests are run using a modified version of checkbox, which includes new 
features like filing bugs on failure, and performance improvements.

111 machines were tested, and the raw test logs are available at 
http://people.canonical.com/~manjo/usbkey/atlfest_results/
Users also filed bugs on failures on the field.

The logs needs to be parsed and a database needs to be created linking the 
failures to specific bits of hardware. I think this will help us identify 
the drivers that will need work to get Karmic support these hardware bits 
better.

--- manjo