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Tsirkin" To: Daniel =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=2E_Berrang=E9?= Cc: Ani Sinha , Thomas Huth , John Snow , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Laurent Vivier , Paolo Bonzini , imammedo@redhat.com Subject: Re: venv for python qtest bits? (was: Re: [PATCH 11/12] acpi/tests/bits: add README file for bits qtests) Message-ID: <20220628060510-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <4e1c2a45-eb53-e210-1ce1-05837bf1e7c3@redhat.com> <20220628030749-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> <7bf5976e-8277-7c78-f412-44f7be8754f4@redhat.com> <59150265-44ed-0b14-df1c-42e3f2e97b7e@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=mst@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -21 X-Spam_score: -2.2 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.082, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 11:04:30AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > If it is actually booting a real guest image (from biosbits) and interacting > with it, then it does feel like the scope of this testing is more appropriate > to QEMU's avocado framework than qtest, especially given the desire to use > python for it all. > > With regards, > Daniel I feel avocado is directed towards booting full fledged guest OS. It makes it much easier to figure out guest issues but it also prone to false positives and is harder to debug as a result. Booting a minimal image like this shouldn't require that. -- MST