[LTP] Disktest Removed from LTP?

[Brent Yardley]

Interesting. It is used quite a bit and it can be used on SSDs and SATA, SAS, as well as NVMe devices. It was never included in a run script as it can be data destructive. 

It is used a part of other projects and internal to a number of teams. I was just recently asked about the man page, and that is when It was found to no longer be in the LTP. 

So if it is no longer wanted in the LTP, are you saying that I should just post it as an independent project?  

Thanks,
- Brent

> On Dec 22, 2021, at 11:25, Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
>> I was just told that disktest, the tool that I wrote for testing disk
>> subsystems, has been removed from the LTP. I was not asked about this
>> and was surprised to see that it is considered not maintained. I know
>> that I???ve not added anything new to it for many year, but I know
>> that it is used as I get questions about it from time to time.
>> 
>> Can I ask someone about this or can I be directed to someone to better
>> understand why it is considered not used?
> 
> The removal has been discussed in this thread:
> 
> https://lists.linux.it/pipermail/ltp/2021-June/022960.html
> 
> It has been sitting unused in the source tree for years unused so we
> decided to remove it. If it's still used somewhere it could be
> ressurected and put somewhere on GitHub.
> 
> -- 
> Cyril Hrubis
> chrubis@suse.cz