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2022-10-31test: Support tests which can only be run manuallySimon Glass
At present we normally write tests either in Python or in C. But most Python tests end up doing a lot of checks which would be better done in C. Checks done in C are orders of magnitude faster and it is possible to get full access to U-Boot's internal workings, rather than just relying on the command line. The model is to have a Python test set up some things and then use C code (in a unit test) to check that they were done correctly. But we don't want those checks to happen as part of normal test running, since each C unit tests is dependent on the associate Python tests, so cannot run without it. To acheive this, add a new UT_TESTF_MANUAL flag to use with the C 'check' tests, so that they can be skipped by default when the 'ut' command is used. Require that tests have a name ending with '_norun', so that pytest knows to skip them. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2021-03-12doc: Explain briefly how to write new testsSimon Glass
Add a second on writing tests, covering when to use Python and C, where to put the tests, etc. Add a link to the existing Python test documentation. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>