[U-Boot] how does one "extend" the list of POST tests?

[Robert P. J. Day]

  one more question, i think, on the framework of u-boot POST tests.
the README.POST file states:

   o) Extensibility

      The framework shall allow adding/removing/replacing POST tests.
      Also, standalone POST tests shall be supported.

how many different ways are there to extend the list of POST tests?

  given that post/tests.c defines the list of tests statically, you
clearly can't *dynamically* add tests. i do see that that list of
tests includes the generic tests:

#if CONFIG_POST & CONFIG_SYS_POST_BSPEC1
        CONFIG_POST_BSPEC1,
#endif
#if CONFIG_POST & CONFIG_SYS_POST_BSPEC2
        CONFIG_POST_BSPEC2,
#endif
#if CONFIG_POST & CONFIG_SYS_POST_BSPEC3
        CONFIG_POST_BSPEC3,
#endif
#if CONFIG_POST & CONFIG_SYS_POST_BSPEC4
        CONFIG_POST_BSPEC4,
#endif
#if CONFIG_POST & CONFIG_SYS_POST_BSPEC5
        CONFIG_POST_BSPEC5,
#endif

so, sure, one can take advantage of any of those five available test
slots, but that's not really a general solution.

  so other than editing post/tests.c and manually adding more tests,
is there any other mechanism for adding POST tests?

rday

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