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Tsirkin" To: Ani Sinha Cc: Daniel =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=2E_Berrang=E9?= , imammedo@redhat.com, jsnow@redhat.com, pbonzini@redhat.com, peter.maydell@linaro.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, thuth@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/11] acpi/tests/bits: add python test that exercizes QEMU bios tables using biosbits Message-ID: <20220927233925-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <20220716112943-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> <20220917162606-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> <20220927171601-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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: 3 X-Spam_score: 0.3 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (0.3 / 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, SORTED_RECIPS=2.499, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no 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 Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 08:38:54AM +0530, Ani Sinha wrote: > > I don't really care where we upload them but only having the > > latest version is just going to break anything expecting > > the old binary. > > In fairness, I am not entirely certain if there is a tight coupling > between the qemu tests and the bits binaries. I have written the test > framework in a way such that test modifications and new tests can be > pushed into the bits binaries and the iso gets regenerated with the > new tests from QEMU itself before running the tests. Only when we need > bits bugfixes or say upgrade to new acpica that we would need to > regenerate the bits binaries. Theoretically, that's correct. But if we did not have bugs we would not need tests. -- MST