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| author | Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@gmail.com> | 2015-06-16 03:57:40 +0200 |
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| committer | Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@gmail.com> | 2015-06-16 03:57:40 +0200 |
| commit | ba7179d93465c66338de83e2a553f6a982a4efa7 (patch) | |
| tree | f557344583b6ce4856e93e7c11d274a52dec8f36 | |
| parent | 7120b604a3c61810e4520da6b1cfeeaaec92f23a (diff) | |
The test suite must be run from the top-level kernel directory.
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -74,13 +74,15 @@ language has some dark corners. The test suite is run with $ python(3) Kconfiglib/testsuite.py + +It must be run from the top-level kernel directory. **NOTE: Some tests currently overwrite .config in the kernel root, so make sure to back it up.** -It consists of a set of selftests and a set of compatibility tests that compare -configurations generated by Kconfiglib with configurations generated by -<i>scripts/kconfig/conf</i> for a number of cases. You might want to use the -"speedy" option; see [testsuite.py](testsuite.py). +The test suite consists of a set of selftests and a set of compatibility tests that +compare (character for character) configurations generated by Kconfiglib with +configurations generated by <i>scripts/kconfig/conf</i> for a number of cases. You +might want to use the "speedy" option; see [testsuite.py](testsuite.py). Kconfiglib is much faster than the test suite would indicate. Most of the time is spent waiting around for `make` or the C utilities. Adding some multiprocessing |