Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggestion for testing framework

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> Balazs Attila-Mihaly (Cd-MaN) wrote:
>
>   
>> Hello all
>>
>> It seems that there is agreement that some sort of automated
>> testing is "a good thing" ;-).
>>     
>
> I am a huge fan of testing and think that qemu developers and users
> would both benefit from more automated testing.
>
>   
>> - several qemu images (one with Debian, one with Windows XP - I
>> can get a free student license for it, etc)
>>     
>
> This is testing of the final product. Especially for something as
> complex as qemu, final product testing is difficult. Wherever possible
> units should be tested in isolation. Debugging test failures of unit
> tests are also far easier than debugging problems in a whole qemu
> VM.
>
> However, if you do pursue your original plan, it would be really nice
> if either WinXP 64bit or Vista64 could be added to this list.
>   

http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/KVMTest

I use that today to automatically test Windows installs (including 
Vista).  It's designed for KVM but since the userspace for KVM and QEMU 
have identical interfaces, it should Just Work with QEMU.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> Cheers,
> Erik
>