[U-Boot] livetime of boards

[Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>]

Hello Wolfgang,

Am 07.11.2013 20:26, schrieb Wolfgang Denk:
> Dear Tom,
>
> In message<20131107133159.GR5925@bill-the-cat>  you wrote:
>>
>> I feel this is the hard part of the problem, and what we're glossing
>> over.  What has to be tested by the board maintainer?  What are we going
>> to leave to their discretion?  Will am335x_evm not count if I don't dig
>> up the NOR cape for it?
>
> Good question.  Eventually this is something that develops over time.

Yes, let us go step by step.

> Intially, we might be satisfied with a very basic "it works" message,
> which may just mean that this specific version booted on the actual
> hardware.
>
> In the long run, we might provide a more detailed questionaire to the
> reported.  I could for example imagine a tool that parses the board's
> config file and then provides some checkboxes - if there is NOR flash
> configured on the board, ask if NOR has been tested; similar for
> network, MMC, USB, ... other features.

Cool... and we can maybe start testscripts based on this information...
(Huch... I am sure I am sitting in Front of my PC and not sleeping
  anymore)

> One day we might even have more developers using automatic test tools
> so we could generate information on a per-command base.
>
> I know that I'm just dreaming, but we should try to just be open for
> any such future extensions, even if we start really small now.

Maybe we add in tools a directory, where we add such tests?
But this would be another big discussion...

> I think we all agree that _any_ kind of test information will be
> better than none.

Yes.

bye,
Heiko
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