[Testing] Testing summary - Adding power logging.

[Simon Schampijer]

On 12/07/2010 12:13 AM, Richard A. Smith wrote:
> On 12/03/2010 10:44 PM, Tom Parker wrote:
>> Testing summary - Auckland New Zealand, 4 December 2010.
>> Who: Fabiana, Nevyn, Tom, Robin, Tara&   family, Mat.
>>
>> Testing os356 on XO-1:
>> Maze works
>
> I'd like to request that you start to keep track of your power usage
> when you run your test suite on the XOs (1 and 1.5)
>
> With new builds its very easy.  Starting with os356 and beyond.
>
> If you do this on earlier builds (<os356) it will still generate info
> but there are a few things missing from the log that makes processing
> the data harder.
>
> Here's the steps I'd like you add into your testing procedure.
>
> 1) Start with a full charged XO that is plugged up to external power.
> 2) Boot the system up and either go to a VT or start up a Terminal activity.
> 2) At the shell prompt type:
>     sudo powerd-config =new-pwrlog "<comment about the log>"
>
> <comment>  can be any descriptive text you want to use about the log.
> Its mostly just for a human looking at the log. Things like what build,
> what XO, what battery, etc are automatically added in the log so none of
> that does has to be in the comment.  Perhaps your name and any special
> circumstances surrounding the test.
>
> 3) Unplug the XO from external power.
> 4) Run all of your test suites.
> 5) After your final test run is complete either shut the laptop down or
> do another 'sudo powerd-config =new-pwrlog' to flush the log file.
>
> I think I would prefer if you did a shutdown because then I have a nice
> marker for a successful run.
>
> Then tar up all the files in the ~olpc/power-logs and send them to me or
> upload them somewhere on dev.l.o.
>
> Its not necessary to have one run per log file or anything like that.
> Just start on a full battery and go until either you are running out of
> battery or you are done with your testing.
>
> I just want to get some data on what the power usage distribution looks
> like when people are using the new builds.
>
> If you have to restart the laptop for some reason then don't worry about
> making another new log with 'powerd-config =new-pwrlog' powerd will
> create a new log when it starts up and I should be able to piece them
> together manually.
>
> Thanks. Let me know if you have any questions.
>

Hi Richard,

I have added your testing request to the 10.1.3 testing page:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/10.1.3/Testing#Track_Power_Usage

Thanks for the detailed description,
    Simon