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 <FONT FACE="ARIAL NARROW, HELVETICA" SIZE="5"><B>Contributing to the Linux Test Project</B></FONT>
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 We welcome external involvement.  We actually believe that
 the ultimate test for the success of an open source project
 is whether it continues living even if its original coordinator
 can no longer keep the flame.  Success, at this point, comes
 from the participation of others.
 <p>
 The Linux Test Project (LTP) is a unique development project
 for the open source community.  Traditional open source projects
 aim to develop a specific tool or set of tools to achieve a 
 specific functionality.  LTP is different in that it aims to
 develop tools to test the functionality of the Linux OS, 
 specifically the kernel and related features, without a specific test domain in mind.
 It is recognized by the project that no matter how many test
 tools there are, portions of the OS/kernel will remain untested.
 <p>
 With this in mind, the domain of test development is large.  This
 allows test developers the freedom to develop tests for any area
 of the system.  A developer could write anything from a simple
 test to make sure a system call returns a certain errno under a
 certain error condition to an elaborate system to test that
 memory management is working correctly.  Simply put, there is no
 shortage of tests that could be written.
 <p>
 If you're interested in getting involved in this project
 we recommend joining <a href="mail.html">the mailing list</a>,
 looking at the source code, and contacting the coordinator
 of the project to offer your help.
 <p>
 Information on accessing the source via anonymous CVS is available
 <a href="cvs_download.html">here</a>.  The CVS tree can be browsed
 via CVSWEB <a href="http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ltp/">here</a>.