[igt-dev] [PATCH i-g-t 1/1] tests: Remove tools_test

Arkadiusz Hiler arkadiusz.hiler at intel.com
Wed Sep 12 06:56:24 UTC 2018


On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 09:51:24AM +0300, Petri Latvala wrote:
> The test is basically just testing if the tools work properly with
> little relevance to testing if the kernel works properly. If the
> purpose was to test the kernel (or hardware), actual tests will be
> better suited for the purpose. If the purpose was to test if the tools
> work, sanity checks somewhere else for all tools instead of just two
> is better suited for the purpose.
> 
> In a nutshell, tools_test as such is fairly useless and has thus far
> only revealed problems in testing setups (incorrect paths etc) instead
> of problems in kernel or hardware.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petri Latvala <petri.latvala at intel.com>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>
> Cc: Arkadiusz Hiler <arkadiusz.hiler at intel.com>
Acked-by: Arkadiusz Hiler <arkadiusz.hiler at intel.com>


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