Re: venv for python qtest bits? (was: Re: [PATCH 11/12] acpi/tests/bits: add README file for bits qtests)

[Ani Sinha]

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 3:37 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 11:04:30AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > If it is actually booting a real guest image (from biosbits) and interacting
> > with it, then it does feel like the scope of this testing is more 
> > appropriate
> > to QEMU's avocado framework than qtest, especially given the desire to use
> > python for it all.
> >
> > With regards,
> > Daniel
>
> I feel avocado is directed towards booting full fledged guest OS.
> It makes it much easier to figure out guest issues but it also
> prone to false positives and is harder to debug as a result.
> Booting a minimal image like this shouldn't require that.

Yes 100% agree with Michael on this. Biobits is *not* booting any OS
image. It runs off grub, that is, directly from bootloader stage. The
interraction with the VM is minimal.

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