From: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
To: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
Cc: ltp@lists.linux.it
Subject: Re: [LTP] [PATCH 17/17] doc: metadata: Remove needs_drivers from docs
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 23:34:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260402213403.GC225068@pevik> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260402121356.31266-18-chrubis@suse.cz>
> Signed-off-by: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
> ---
> doc/developers/writing_tests.rst | 3 ---
> doc/old/C-Test-API.asciidoc | 13 ++++++-------
> metadata/README.md | 15 ++++++---------
> 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> diff --git a/doc/developers/writing_tests.rst b/doc/developers/writing_tests.rst
> index 992374f8b..5b1516ba5 100644
> --- a/doc/developers/writing_tests.rst
> +++ b/doc/developers/writing_tests.rst
> @@ -435,9 +435,6 @@ LTP C And Shell Test API Comparison
> * - .needs_device
> - TST_NEEDS_DEVICE
> - * - .needs_drivers
> - - TST_NEEDS_DRIVERS
> -
NOTE: this is the old comparison for tst_test.sh, it should be change:
- * - not applicable
- - TST_NEEDS_DRIVERS
> * - .needs_kconfigs
> - TST_NEEDS_KCONFIGS
> diff --git a/doc/old/C-Test-API.asciidoc b/doc/old/C-Test-API.asciidoc
> index 72fd2731d..7493fc578 100644
> --- a/doc/old/C-Test-API.asciidoc
> +++ b/doc/old/C-Test-API.asciidoc
> @@ -1621,13 +1621,12 @@ test should include 'tst_checksum.h' header, then can call 'tst_crc32c()'.
> 1.26 Checking kernel for the driver support
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> -Some tests may need specific kernel drivers, either compiled in, or built
> -as a module. If '.needs_drivers' points to a 'NULL' terminated array of kernel
> -module names these are all checked and the test exits with 'TCONF' on the
> -first missing driver.
> -
> -The detection is based on reading 'modules.dep' and 'modules.builtin' files
> -generated by kmod. The check is skipped on Android.
> +Some tests may need specific kernel drivers, either compiled in, or built as a
> +module. For this cases a mappping of kernel config options to modules is
> +maintained in the kconfig checker. When a kernel config option is requested by
Please amend before merge to use formatting:
``modules.dep``
> +a test that has associated mapping in the kconfig source the 'modules.dep' file
> +is checked for module presence when the option is set to 'm'. The check is
... set to ``m``.
> +skipped on Android.
The rest LGTM.
Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
Kind regards,
Petr
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-02 21:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-02 12:13 [LTP] [PATCH 00/17] Replace needs_drivers with needs_kconfigs Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-02 12:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH 01/17] syscalls: ioctl08: Remove .needs_drivers Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-02 21:34 ` Petr Vorel
2026-04-09 12:51 ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-04-21 12:14 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-02 12:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH 02/17] lib: shell: Remove needs_drivers from JSON parser Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-02 21:29 ` Petr Vorel
2026-04-02 12:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH 03/17] lib: tst_kernel: Add tst_check_module_driver() Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-02 21:26 ` Petr Vorel
2026-04-02 21:47 ` Petr Vorel
2026-04-07 9:43 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-07 11:15 ` Petr Vorel
2026-04-07 11:24 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-08 7:06 ` Petr Vorel
2026-04-02 12:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH 04/17] lib: tst_kconfig: Add module presence checks Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-03 3:09 ` Li Wang via ltp
2026-04-07 10:05 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-07 11:40 ` Li Wang via ltp
2026-04-07 11:44 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-21 11:04 ` Petr Vorel
2026-04-02 12:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH 05/17] tests: kvm: Switch from needs_drivers to needs_kconfigs Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-21 11:05 ` Petr Vorel
2026-04-02 12:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH 06/17] tests: zram03: " Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-21 11:06 ` Petr Vorel
2026-04-02 12:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH 07/17] tests: squashfs01: " Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-21 11:07 ` Petr Vorel
2026-04-02 12:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH 08/17] tests: ioctl: " Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-02 12:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH 09/17] tests: madvise11: " Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-21 11:10 ` Petr Vorel
2026-04-02 12:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH 10/17] tests: quotactl: " Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-21 11:11 ` Petr Vorel
2026-04-02 12:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH 11/17] tests: uevent: " Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-21 11:12 ` Petr Vorel
2026-04-02 12:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH 12/17] cve: tcindex01: " Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-21 11:13 ` Petr Vorel
2026-04-02 12:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH 13/17] tests: can: " Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-21 11:13 ` Petr Vorel
2026-04-02 12:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH 14/17] tests: fsetxattr: " Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-21 11:14 ` Petr Vorel
2026-04-02 12:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH 15/17] sctp: " Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-21 11:18 ` Petr Vorel
2026-04-02 12:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH 16/17] lib: tst_test: Remove now unused needs_drivers Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-03 3:01 ` Li Wang via ltp
2026-04-07 10:02 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-07 11:39 ` Li Wang via ltp
2026-04-07 11:40 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-21 11:47 ` Petr Vorel
2026-04-21 12:02 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-02 12:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH 17/17] doc: metadata: Remove needs_drivers from docs Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-02 21:34 ` Petr Vorel [this message]
2026-04-02 21:59 ` [LTP] [PATCH 00/17] Replace needs_drivers with needs_kconfigs Petr Vorel
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