DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXECUTION OF A TEST ROUTINE IN CONNECTION WITH AN OPERATING SYSTEM

• US 20080086720A1
• Filed: 10/08/2007
• Published: 04/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oce Printing Systems GmbH (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Oce Printing Systems GmbH (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Lekel, Reinhard
• Granted Patent: US 8,146,060 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/124
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3688 for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites

Abstract

In a system or a method for execution of a test routine in connection with a test operating system, the program data for provision of an administration operating system is processed. The test operating system or system configuration specified by a list entry is determined under the provided administration operating system with aid of a list with test operating systems for system configurations to be automatically provided in series. The specified test operating system or system configuration is determined while the administration operating system is provided. Program data for provision of the determined test operating system or system configuration are processed. At least one test routine is executed that is executed automatically by the provided test operating system.

Claims

1. A data processing system, comprising:

an administration operating system;

at least one test operating system;

a list with test operating systems or system configurations to be automatically provided in succession; and

at least one test routine automatically executable under the test operating system.

2. A data processing system according to claim 1 wherein at least the test routine calls an application program via which the data processing system provides a print server function, or the test routine processes print data into a print data stream and transfers them to a test system connected with the data processing system, whereby a tree structure generates at least one raster image with aid of a transferred print data and advantageously compares said at least one raster image with a stored raster image.

3. A data processing system according to claim 1 wherein at least one test operating system in a first configuration and in at least one second configuration is successively provided in a controlled manner by the administration operating system, whereby the configuration is advantageously established with aid of at least one configuration parameter.

4. A data processing system according to claim 1 wherein at least two test operating systems are provided that are successively provided by the administration operating system, corresponding to their list entries in the list.

5. A data processing system according to claim 1 wherein at least the administration operating system determines the test results of the at least one test routine and/or of the comparison, and at least outputs these as test results, transfers said results as a message to a recipient, or outputs said results with aid of an output unit.

6. A data processing system according to claim 1 wherein at least the test operating system is automatically ended after the execution of the test routine, and the administration operating system subsequently automatically checks whether a further test operating system or a further test operating system configuration is to be started.

7. A data processing system according to claim 1 wherein while the administration operating system is provided, it is checked whether a test operating system or system configurations contained in the list has not yet been initialized, and the administration operating system configures the data processing system such that a test operating system or system configuration that has not yet been provided is automatically started after an automatic restart of the data processing system.

8. A data processing system according to claim 1 wherein while the administration operating system is provided, a restart of the data processing system is initiated, after which the data processing system has been reconfigured such that, after the restart of the data processing system, a test operating system or system configuration specified in the list is provided;

and while at least a test operating system or a test operating system configuration is provided, a restart of the data processing system is initiated after the test routine has been ended or interrupted.

9. A data processing system according to claim 1 wherein at least the test operating system or system configuration are configured such that an updating of the test operating system is implemented when update data for updating of the program data of the test operating system are available, or in that the test routine is automatically started only when the program data of the test operating system is updated or program data of an application program to be processed under the test operating system have been changed.

10. A data processing system according to claim 9 wherein the administration operating system saves the program data of the updated test operating system.

11. A data processing system according to claim 1 wherein after the execution of the test routine, after an unsuccessful call of the test routine or after an interruption of the test routine, the test operating system configures the data processing system such that the administration operating system is provided again after a restart of the data processing system.

12. A data processing system according to claim 1 wherein the data processing system marks as processed or removes from the list the list entry of a test operating system to be provided, of a provided test operating system, of a test operating system configuration to be provided, or of a provided test operating system configuration in the list.

13. A data processing system according to claim 8 wherein at least test operating system configures the data processing system with the aid of a boot manager such that the administration operating system is provided, or in that the administration operating system configures the data processing system with aid of a boot manager such that the test operating system is subsequently initialized.

14. A data processing system according to claim 1 wherein the administration operating system or an application program executed under the administration operating system automatically starts the processing of the list at a preset time.

15. A data processing system according to claim 1 wherein the data processing system comprises at least three storage regions, at least program data or application data for provision of a test operating system are advantageously stored in a first storage region, at least program data or application data for provision of the administration operating system are stored in a second storage region or at least program data or application data for provision of at least one test operating system are stored in a third storage region, and with said test operating system at least the program data or application data required for provision of the test operating system in the first storage region are generated.

16. A data processing system according to claim 15 wherein the data stored in the third storage region serve for at least generation of the program data or application data to be stored in the first storage region for provision of the test operating system.

17. A method for execution of a test routine in connection with a test operating system, comprising the steps of:

processing program data for provision of an administration operating system;

determining a test operating system or system configuration specified by a list entry under the provided administration operating system with aid of a list with test operating systems or system configurations to be automatically provided in series, said specified test operating system or system configuration being determined while the administration operating system is provided;

processing program data for provision of the determined test operating system or system configuration; and

executing at least one test routine automatically by the provided test operating system.

18. A computer readable medium comprising a computer program comprising commands and data in encoded form that, after loading of the program data initiates a data processing system to execute the steps of:

processing program data for provision of an administration operating system;

determining a test operating system or system configuration specified by a list entry under the provided administration operating system with aid of a list with test operating systems or system configurations to be automatically provided in series, said specified test operating system or system configuration being determined while the administration operating system is provided;

processing program data for provision of the determined test operating system or system configuration; and

executing at least one test routine automatically by the provided test operating system.