From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Ellerman Subject: Re: [PATCH RFD] selftests: create test-specific kconfig fragments Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:06:30 +1100 Message-ID: <1447715190.23280.1.camel@ellerman.id.au> References: <1447477033-7522-1-git-send-email-bamvor.zhangjian@linaro.org> <7hpoz9a84f.fsf@linaro.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <7hpoz9a84f.fsf-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-api-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Kevin Hilman , Bamvor Jian Zhang Cc: linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, shuahkh-JPH+aEBZ4P+UEJcrhfAQsw@public.gmane.org, tyler.baker-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, broonie-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, dvhart-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2015-11-16 at 14:32 -0800, Kevin Hilman wrote: > Hi Bamvor, > > Bamvor Jian Zhang writes: > > > There is a discussion about improving the usability of kselftest by > > creating test-specific kconfig in recent kernel Summit. Furthormore, > > there are different approaches to do it: > > > > 1) keep test-specific kconfig fragments inside each selftest so that > > merge_configs.sh could build up a kernel that can test the specific > > or all feature(s). > > > > 2) In the main menu, have an additional option/flag for each feature > > that should be enabled when ksefltests are wanted. Similar to the > > CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST flag. > > > > This patch try to do option 1. Hope it is a good start for > > discussion. User could use these configs with merge_config.sh script: > > For broader discussion, could you please resend and include LKML? Yeah good idea. Before you do, do you want to try adding a top-level target that does the merge, something like: $ make kselftest-mergeconfig Or some other better name. cheers