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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [iproute PATCH v2 0/2] Two minor testsuite fixes
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 17:31:10 -0800
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On Thu,  9 Feb 2017 11:50:53 +0100
Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> wrote:

> While playing around with testsuite, I noticed two minor nits which this
> series attempts to fix.
> 
> Changes since v1:
> - Replaced patch1 completely.
> 
> Phil Sutter (2):
>   testsuite: Generate nlmsg blob at runtime
>   testsuite: Search kernel config in modules dir also
> 
>  .gitignore                                |   2 +
>  testsuite/Makefile                        |   8 +++
>  testsuite/tests/ip/link/dev_wo_vf_rate.nl | Bin 14076 -> 0 bytes
>  testsuite/tools/Makefile                  |   2 +
>  testsuite/tools/generate_nlmsg.c          | 116 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 128 insertions(+)
>  delete mode 100644 testsuite/tests/ip/link/dev_wo_vf_rate.nl
>  create mode 100644 testsuite/tools/Makefile
>  create mode 100644 testsuite/tools/generate_nlmsg.c
> 

Nice. Applied.
I suspect the tests are rarely run because the core functionality doesn't change often.
But in new environments these would be really useful.