test: Add a README
Add a few notes about how testing works in U-Boot. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Teddy Reed <teddy.reed@gmail.com>
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| Testing in U-Boot | ||||
| ================= | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| U-Boot has a large amount of code. This file describes how this code is | ||||
| tested and what tests you should write when adding a new feature. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Sandbox | ||||
| ------- | ||||
| U-Boot can be built as a user-space application (e.g. for Linux). This | ||||
| allows test to be executed without needing target hardware. The 'sandbox' | ||||
| target provides this feature and it is widely used in tests. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Pytest Suite | ||||
| ------------ | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Many tests are available using the pytest suite, in test/py. This can run | ||||
| either on sandbox or on real hardware. It relies on the U-Boot console to | ||||
| inject test commands and check the result. It is slower to run than C code, | ||||
| but provides the ability to unify lots of test and summarise their results. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| You can run the tests on sandbox with: | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| 	./test/py/test.py --bd sandbox --build | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| This will produce HTML output in build-sandbox/test-log.html | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| See test/py/README.md for more information about the pytest suite. | ||||
| 
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| 
 | ||||
| tbot | ||||
| ---- | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Tbot provides a way to execute tests on target hardware. It is intended for | ||||
| trying out both U-Boot and Linux (and potentially other software) on a | ||||
| number of boards automatically. It can be used to create a continuous test | ||||
| environment. See tools/tbot/README for more information. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Ad-hoc tests | ||||
| ------------ | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| There are several ad-hoc tests which run outside the pytest environment: | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|    test/fs	- File system test (shell script) | ||||
|    test/image	- FIT and lagacy image tests (shell script and Python) | ||||
|    test/stdint	- A test that stdint.h can be used in U-Boot (shell script) | ||||
|    trace	- Test for the tracing feature (shell script) | ||||
|    vboot	- Test for verified boot (shell script) | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| The above should be converted to run as part of the pytest suite. | ||||
| 
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| 
 | ||||
| When to write tests | ||||
| ------------------- | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| If you add code to U-Boot without a test you are taking a risk. Even if you | ||||
| perform thorough manual testing at the time of submission, it may break when | ||||
| future changes are made to U-Boot. It may even break when applied to mainline, | ||||
| if other changes interact with it. A good mindset is that untested code | ||||
| probably doesn't work and should be deleted. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| You can assume that the Pytest suite will be run before patches are accepted | ||||
| to mainline, so this provides protection against future breakage. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| On the other hand there is quite a bit of code that is not covered with tests, | ||||
| or is covered sparingly. So here are some suggestions: | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| - If you are adding a new uclass, add a sandbox driver and a test that uses it | ||||
| - If you are modifying code covered by an existing test, add a new test case | ||||
|   to cover your changes | ||||
| - If the code you are modifying has not tests, consider writing one. Even a | ||||
|   very basic test is useful, and may be picked up and enhanced by others. It | ||||
|   is much easier to add onto a test - writing a new large test can seem | ||||
|   daunting to most contributors. | ||||
| 
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| 
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| Future work | ||||
| ----------- | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Converting existing shell scripts into pytest tests. | ||||
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