[U-Boot] [PATCH V3 1/7] test/py: Implement pytest infrastructure

[Michal Simek]

On 8.1.2016 19:13, Stephen Warren wrote:
> On 01/05/2016 03:58 PM, Stephen Warren wrote:
>> This tool aims to test U-Boot by executing U-Boot shell commands using
>> the
>> console interface. A single top-level script exists to execute or attach
>> to the U-Boot console, run the entire script of tests against it, and
>> summarize the results. Advantages of this approach are:
>>
>> - Testing is performed in the same way a user or script would interact
>>    with U-Boot; there can be no disconnect.
>> - There is no need to write or embed test-related code into U-Boot
>> itself.
>>    It is asserted that writing test-related code in Python is simpler and
>>    more flexible that writing it all in C.
>> - It is reasonably simple to interact with U-Boot in this way.
>>
>> A few simple tests are provided as examples. Soon, we should convert as
>> many as possible of the other tests in test/* and test/cmd_ut.c too.
>>
>> The hook scripts, relay control utilities, and udev rules I use for my
>> own HW setup are published at
>> https://github.com/swarren/uboot-test-hooks.
>>
>> See README.md for more details!
> 
> It looks like I need to send a v4 of this, since I renamed a Python
> class but forgot to update all users of it. I didn't notice this, since
> I had the old module lying around as a *.pyc file, so the old name
> worked:-(
> 
> I also have a couple of minor fixes to roll in that make the scripts
> work better under a continuous integration environment (which doesn't
> have a controlling TTY set when the scripts run, which need a minor
> tweak to the Spawn code).

btw: You can also add a note about kermit whcih I do use and works good.

Thanks,
Michal

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