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Although some kernel driver developers have testing clusters with real hardware (like GPU drivers devs), there is no effin way Linux could be effectively tested without someone paying a lot of money to set up real hardware and people to keep it running.
Just crowdsource this testing: I am sure that there exist some people who own the piece of hardware and are willing to run a test script, say, every
* night
* week
* new testing version of the kernel
(depending on your level of passion for the hardware and/or Linux). I do believe that there do exist a lot of people who would join such a crowdsourcing effort if the necessary infrastructure existed (i.e. it is very easy to run and submit the results).
Just crowdsource this testing: I am sure that there exist some people who own the piece of hardware and are willing to run a test script, say, every
* night
* week
* new testing version of the kernel
(depending on your level of passion for the hardware and/or Linux). I do believe that there do exist a lot of people who would join such a crowdsourcing effort if the necessary infrastructure existed (i.e. it is very easy to run and submit the results).