The Linux Test Project (usually referred to as LTP) is a body of regression and conformance tests

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to confirm the behaviour of the

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as well as

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. The LTP is a joint project started by SGI, developed and maintained by IBM,

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, Red Hat and others. The project

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was migrated to

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and is available on

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. In simple terms, the Linux Test Project is a group aimed at testing and improving

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. The LTP provides a suite of

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tools for Linux as well as tools for publishing the results of ran tests.

References

External links

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Kernel test automation with LTP on LWN.net
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