From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9124 invoked by alias); 11 Jul 2007 15:58:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 9117 invoked by uid 22791); 11 Jul 2007 15:58:27 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DK_POLICY_SIGNSOME,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:58:21 +0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l6BFwJ6S008124 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:58:19 -0400 Received: from pobox.corp.redhat.com (pobox.corp.redhat.com [10.11.255.20]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l6BFwIDV005558 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:58:18 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (sebastian-int.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.221]) by pobox.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l6BFwGgY010414 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:58:17 -0400 Message-ID: <4694FE2A.6070607@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:58:00 -0000 From: Andrew Cagney User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070530) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: frysk Subject: enabling 32-X-64 testing on 64-bit systems Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact frysk-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: frysk-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-q3/txt/msg00088.txt.bz2 [from meeting] At present the 32-on-64 tests tests are disabled, the suggestion is to enable them. More exactly, on a 64-bit system, there are the following combinations: - 64-bit funit run full test-suite using 64-bit target program binaries - 64-bit funit run full test-suite using 32-bit target program binaries - 32-bit funit run full test-suite using 32-bit target program binaries within each of those test runs, there is a collection of 32-on-64 specific tests such as: - track a 32-bit process exec-ing a 64-bit process except for the 64-bit funit using 32-bit target program case, those tests are currently skipped (untested). The rationale was that the 32-bit target programs may not be present, so disabling the tests by default prevented misleading results (e.g., only a 64-bit frysk being installed). The disadvantage is, as MJW observed, that people are not generally aware of these tests and so don't run them. The intent is to reverse this situtation: enable the 32-on-64 tests when ever possible; requiring an explicit option to disable them