Test Day:2009-10-22 Power Management

DATE	WHEN	WHERE
2009-10-22	From 12:00 to 21:00 UTC (8am -> 5pm EDT)	#fedora-test-day (webirc)

What to test?

For "Extended tuned"

• yum install tuned
• service tuned start
• cpu, disk and net devices should adapt to usage (monitor using strace e.g.)**
• If ktune is enabled check if the system settings for the current profile are being applied and restored when stopping the service

For "System tuning configuration and profiles"

• Run the new system tuning tool and list the different available profiles using:
  • tuned-adm list
• Run the new system tuning tool and select one of the profiles. Restart the machine afterwards and make sure the profile is being used at startup
  • tuned-adm modes laptop-battery-powersave
  • tuned-adm modes default
  • tuned-adm modes throughput-performance

For "New tool to measure improvements to system configuration changes or application changes"

• yum install tuned-utils
• run scomes
• change system settings
• run scomes again
• compare restults

Who's available

The following cast of characters will be available testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion ...

• Development - Phil Knirsch, Marcela Maslanova (marcela on irc), Petr Lautrbach, Jiri Skala (skalnik on irc)
• Quality Assurance - David Pravec (dpravec), Jan Scotka

Prerequisite for Test Day

• A system with a network connection
• Rawhide (tips on installing Rawhide below)
• The rpm file will be prepared to install all test cases included necessary dependencies. Before installation of this package you need to allow debuginfo for rawhide in /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-rawhide.repo

Download rpm and run:

* yum localinstall testday-pm-0.1-1.fc12.noarch.rpm

• Your hardware profile uploaded to Smolt according to these instructions

How to test?

Update your machine

See the instructions on the Rawhide page on the various ways in which you can install or update to Rawhide. Or:

Test Cases

TestCase	Description	Extra Requirements
QA:Testcase_Power_Management_tuned-adm	measuring tuned profiles with bltk	tuned-adm and bltk
QA:Testcase_Power_Management_personal	Typical use of computer (Do whatever you are normally doing)	?
QA:Testcase_Power_Management_Tuned	Measuring differencies with and without tuned	?
QA:Testcase_Power_Management_init_1	Some measures in lowest runlevel. FTP working, copying of files, bzipping archive	?
QA:Testcase_Power_Management_bltk	3 workloads (Idle, OO, reader) measure power consumption of simulated reproducable load	OpenOffice is required during bltk installation, Firefox
QA:Testcase_Power_Management_scomes	measuring and collecting data with scomes tool	latest tuned-utils, kernel-debuginfo

Test Results

Construct a table or list to allow testers to post results. Each column should be a test case or configuration, and each row should consist of test results. For example:

User	Smolt Profile	Sample test 1	Sample test 2	Sample test 3	Sample test 4	References
User:FasUser	HW	PASS	PASS	FAIL	PASS