diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
| -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 |