Re: [PATCH v2 37/39] efi: Avoid using sandbox virtio devices

[Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>]

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On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 05:53:59PM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
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> > Some notes from a little bit of digging: There are almost 1000 sandbox
> > tests (17-20mins), but qemu_arm only runs 62 (2mins). With 'make
> > qcheck' it runs about 2500 tests in about 4 minutes. I just got 'make
> > pcheck' going again and that is a little faster (2.5 mins). Binman
> > tests run in parallel if you use 'pip install concurrencytest'
> 
> While on this topic I forgot to mention that the sandbox tests (~800
> of them) actually run in about 10 seconds. Try 'ut all' (although
> you'll need my test-fix series to stop it crashing).
> 
> The reason pytest is so slow with sandbox is that it talks to U-Boot
> through a pty. Stephen Warren did something clever to stop it being
> horrible, but it is still very slow.

Seeing about addressing this more would probably be very helpful then as
most of the runs (by user, I mean) happen via pytest and not directly
running sandbox I strongly suspect.

-- 
Tom

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