[HELP] Issue running test cases in Qemu

[HELP] Issue running test cases in Qemu

[Choon Keong Teo]

Hi everyone,

I’m currently working with QEMU, and trying to run the test cases. How
can I run the single individual test file only, or a single test case
only? Thank you so much!



Best regards,
Choon Keong.

Re: [HELP] Issue running test cases in Qemu

[Daniel P. Berrangé]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 04:03:44PM +0800, Choon Keong Teo wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I’m currently working with QEMU, and trying to run the test cases. How
> can I run the single individual test file only, or a single test case
> only? Thank you so much!

QEMU has several different test subsystems, can you be more specific
about what you're wanting to run.

With regards,
Daniel
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Re: [HELP] Issue running test cases in Qemu

[Choon Keong Teo]

Thanks for your reply. I would like to start by focusing on the unit
tests and qtests. Is there any method for running a single test file?
Thank you so much for your help!



Best regards,
Choon Keong.

On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 4:10 PM Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 04:03:44PM +0800, Choon Keong Teo wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I’m currently working with QEMU, and trying to run the test cases. How
> > can I run the single individual test file only, or a single test case
> > only? Thank you so much!
>
> QEMU has several different test subsystems, can you be more specific
> about what you're wanting to run.
>
> With regards,
> Daniel
> --
> |: https://berrange.com       ~~        https://hachyderm.io/@berrange :|
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>

Re: [HELP] Issue running test cases in Qemu

[Daniel P. Berrangé]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 04:34:23PM +0800, Choon Keong Teo wrote:
> Thanks for your reply. I would like to start by focusing on the unit
> tests and qtests. Is there any method for running a single test file?
> Thank you so much for your help!

Just directly execute the binary for the test you care about in both
those cases.

For qtests you need to also set an env variable

 QTEST_QEMU_BINARY=./build/qemu-system-XXXXX

for the target you're testing.

More guidance is in docs/devel/testing/

With regards,
Daniel
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Re: [HELP] Issue running test cases in Qemu

[Choon Keong Teo]

Dear Daniel,

Thank you so much for your guidance!



Best regards,
Choon Keong.

On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 5:03 PM Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 04:34:23PM +0800, Choon Keong Teo wrote:
> > Thanks for your reply. I would like to start by focusing on the unit
> > tests and qtests. Is there any method for running a single test file?
> > Thank you so much for your help!
>
> Just directly execute the binary for the test you care about in both
> those cases.
>
> For qtests you need to also set an env variable
>
>  QTEST_QEMU_BINARY=./build/qemu-system-XXXXX
>
> for the target you're testing.
>
> More guidance is in docs/devel/testing/
>
> With regards,
> Daniel
> --
> |: https://berrange.com       ~~        https://hachyderm.io/@berrange :|
> |: https://libvirt.org          ~~          https://entangle-photo.org :|
> |: https://pixelfed.art/berrange   ~~    https://fstop138.berrange.com :|
>