[ros-kernel] Conformance testing

[Jason Filby]

Alright, and what of our kernel mode DLLs?

Skywing wrote:

>There was a discussion on this in the IRC channel yesterday.  The
main idea
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>was to use Driver Verifier with our ReactOS versions of Windows
drivers
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>under Windows.  Eventually we'll also want to implement driver
verifier
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>support into ReactOS directly.
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>-----Original Message-----
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>From: ros-kernel-bounces at reactos.com
[mailto:ros-kernel-bounces at reactos.com]
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>On Behalf Of Jason Filby
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>Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 3:15 PM
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>To: ros-kernel at reactos.com
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>Subject: [ros-kernel] Conformance testing
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>Hi all
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>Conformance testing is something we're going to have to look at to
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>not 
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>only make sure that our APIs conform to those of Windows, but also
to
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>use them to find any regressions. WINE seems to have worked out a
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>decent 
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>system, although I'm not sure how many tests they've actually
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>written. 
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>But testing usermode code is one thing (tests are apps), and testing

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>kernel mode code is another. Whats the best way to go about this? 
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>Perhaps kernel mode DLLs could be compiled with testing code if a 
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>certain make parameter is specified?
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>Regards
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>Jason
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