[RFC PATCH 00/16] binman: test: Organise test files into subdirectories

[Simon Glass]

Hi Tom,

On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 at 16:51, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 04:47:40PM -0700, Simon Glass wrote:
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> > From: Simon Glass <simon.glass at canonical.com>
> >
> > There are about 350 numbered .dts test files in tools/binman/test/ and
> > we sometimes have trouble with numbers being reused.
> >
> > As an alternative approach, this series moves the files into thematic
> > subdirectories, without the numeric prefixes. This means it's no-longer
> > possible to simply type a three-digit number to get the right file, but
> > the names are shorter so it is still easy enough.
> >
> > The subdirectories chosen are: blob, capsule, cbfs, cros, entry, fdt,
> > fip, fit, mkimage, pack, security, symbols, vendor, x86, and xpl.
>
> This seems much more maintainable, thank you.

Yes, I hope so. I could perhaps do a series to split ftest.py along
the same lines, but let's see how this one pans out.

Regards,
Simon