Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 5/5] Acceptance tests: add Linux kernel boot and console checking test

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 02:41:56PM -0400, Cleber Rosa wrote:
> This test boots a Linux kernel, and checks that the given command
> line was effective in two ways:
> 
>  * It makes the kernel use the set "console device" as a console
>  * The kernel records the command line as expected in the console
> 
> Given that way too many error conditions may occur, and detecting the
> kernel boot progress status may not be trivial, this test relies on a
> timeout to handle unexpected situations.  Also, it's *not* tagged as a
> quick test for obvious reasons.
> 
> It may be useful, while interactively running/debugging this test, or
> tests similar to this one, to show some of the logging channels.
> Example:
> 
>  $ avocado --show=QMP,console run boot_linux_console.py
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cleber Rosa <address@hidden>
> ---
>  tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 47 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py

Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>

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