EC2 kernel status

[John Johansen]

Joseph Salisbury wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 2:19 PM, John Johansen
> <john.johansen at canonical.com> wrote:
>> The Lucid EC2 kernel has now rolled out into the archive, and is in need
>> of broader testing.

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> Hi John,
> 
> I was just curious, are there a specific set of test cases  you would
> like to see used?  Similar to test cases listed on
> testcases.qa.ubuntu.com?
> 
I don't have any specific tests in mind.  I would like to see some general
kernel validation tests like a subset of ltp.  But basically we just need
to test these kernels under as many use cases as possible.  The EC2CloudImages
test cases are a good start.

The case I know of currently that will probably be problematic is an asterisk 
server, and I haven't looked into test cases for this yet.  I am not even sure
this is a use case we are going to support.  We are currently building for
100Hz kernel but from previous bug reports a 1000Hz kernel may be needed.  I say
may because it is just unknown at this time.  The kernel has improved on its
response latency and 1000Hz may not be required at all.  We just don't know
as this needs testing.

This actually works into a good general question of what Hz do we want for the
EC2 kernel?  What uses cases are we targeting, etc. knowing that we can get
a better idea of what tests to do.