[U-Boot] [PATCH 00/23] efi_loader implement missing functions

[Heinrich Schuchardt]

On 08/29/2017 02:57 PM, Leif Lindholm wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 02:26:48PM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>>>> I would add command
>>>>> bootefi selftest.efi
>>>>> to run the tests and provide the python wrapper code to add it to the
>>>>> test suite.
>>>>
>>>> I think that's a great idea, yes.
>>> I wonder how far we are from running UEFI tests (either the official
>>> ones, or I seem to remember hearing about some other test suite which
>>> didn't require UEFI shell)?
>>
>> Let's ask Leif, Ard and Dong.
>>
>> The official test suite definitely needs the UEFI Shell. Is the suite
>> publicly available by now?
> 
> In binary form, you can access it already from the links on
> http://uefi.org/testtools 
> 
> Yes, 2.5 is latest release. No this is not a restriction ... the SCT
> releases have been lagging the specification releases a fair bit.
> 
> The 2.5a package contains AARCH64, IA32 and X64 support (not ARM).
> Not that it couldn't contain ARM, it just hasn't been packaged.
> 
>>> That seems more useful long term than re-inventing comprehensive UEFI
>>> test suite.  (Also, beyond just running shim/fallback/grub, I don't
>>> really have time to invent new tests for the stack of efi_loader
>>> patches I have.)
>>
>> Yes and no - it depends on the availability of the official suite :/.
> 
> UEFI SCT is not yet open source/free software. Obviously, this is
> something Linaro has been lobbying for since day one of our
> involvement. There used to be little understanding for this, but that
> attitude has shifted substantially.
> 
> I will let Dong fill in on what the current status actually get the
> code into the open is.
> 
> /
>     Leif
> 
According to the accompanying information UEFI SCT requires a working
UEFI shell. This rules out this test suite.

Regards

Heinrich