From: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>
To: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mmarek@suse.cz,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
rostedt@goodmis.org, mingo@redhat.com, davem@davemloft.net,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] selftests: Add install target
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 09:35:54 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54BD326A.6030409@osg.samsung.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1421627752.3787.8.camel@ellerman.id.au>
On 01/18/2015 05:35 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-01-16 at 10:46 -0700, Shuah Khan wrote:
>> On 01/09/2015 02:06 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>>> This adds make install support to selftests. The basic usage is:
>>>
>>> $ cd tools/testing/selftests
>>> $ make install
>>>
>>> That installs into tools/testing/selftests/install, which can then be
>>> copied where ever necessary.
>>>
>>> The install destination is also configurable using eg:
>>>
>>> $ INSTALL_PATH=/mnt/selftests make install
>>
>> Please see my response to [PATCH 4/6] kbuild: add a new
>> kselftest_install make target to install selftests
>>
>> These are addressed by the current approach to use existing
>> INSTALL_MOD_PATH.
>
> No that's a separate issue.
>
> This patch adds install support for tools/testing/selftests, *completely
> separate* from the kbuild infrastructure.
>
What's the use-case for this feature? I don't see why we need multiple
ways to do the install?
thanks,
-- Shuah
--
Shuah Khan
Sr. Linux Kernel Developer
Open Source Innovation Group
Samsung Research America (Silicon Valley)
shuahkh@osg.samsung.com | (970) 217-8978
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-19 16:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-09 9:06 [PATCH 1/6] selftests: Introduce minimal shared logic for running tests Michael Ellerman
2015-01-09 9:06 ` [PATCH 2/6] selftests: Add install target Michael Ellerman
2015-01-16 17:46 ` Shuah Khan
2015-01-19 0:35 ` Michael Ellerman
2015-01-19 16:35 ` Shuah Khan [this message]
2015-01-20 3:13 ` Michael Ellerman
2015-01-09 9:06 ` [PATCH 3/6] selftests: Add install support for the powerpc tests Michael Ellerman
2015-01-09 9:06 ` [PATCH 4/6] kbuild: add a new kselftest_install make target to install selftests Michael Ellerman
2015-01-16 16:34 ` Shuah Khan
2015-01-19 0:35 ` Michael Ellerman
2015-01-19 16:34 ` Shuah Khan
2015-01-09 9:06 ` [PATCH 5/6] kbuild: Don't pass -rR to selftest makefiles Michael Ellerman
2015-01-09 9:06 ` [PATCH 6/6] selftests: Set CC using CROSS_COMPILE once in lib.mk Michael Ellerman
2015-01-16 16:37 ` Shuah Khan
2015-01-16 17:53 ` [PATCH 1/6] selftests: Introduce minimal shared logic for running tests Shuah Khan
2015-01-19 0:35 ` Michael Ellerman
2015-01-19 16:39 ` Shuah Khan
2015-01-20 3:08 ` Michael Ellerman
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