[Intel-gfx] [RFC i-g-t 0/1] Introducing HW focused tests

[Joonas Lahtinen]

Actually CC'ing Petri. When adding Cc's, it's usually better to Cc the
whole series (and make sure Cc's were effective).

On ke, 2017-05-31 at 10:00 -0700, Antonio Argenziano wrote:
> The IGT test suite aims at testing the functionalities of the i915
> graphics driver. Because of an increasing effort to move development and
> validation to the early stages in the development of new platforms, it
> is necessary to provide some form of coverage for scenarios where the
> driver assumes the HW will have a determined behaviour.
> 
> This patch introduces a more HW focused test that will send 'bad commands'
> to the GPU and expect they are dealt with accordingly. Since the test will
> not exercise i915 as such but rather rely on the HW to manage the issue, it
> is not suitable to be merged in the current IGT tests. A new folder,
> 'tests_hw' has been created to host such tests.
> 
> This is not intended to introduce an exhaustive test of the Intel GEN hardware,
> but, rather, as an attempt to instigate a discussion on what should be the
> proper procedure for managing and maintaining HW focused tests.
> 
> Cc: Latvala Petri <petri.latvala at intel.com>
> 
> Antonio Argenziano (1):
>   tests/gem_bad_address: Fix and update gem_bad_address
> 
>  Makefile.am                           |  4 ++
>  configure.ac                          | 11 ++++++
>  tests_hw/Makefile.am                  | 36 ++++++++++++++++++
>  tests_hw/Makefile.sources             |  8 ++++
>  {tests => tests_hw}/gem_bad_address.c | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>  5 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 tests_hw/Makefile.am
>  create mode 100644 tests_hw/Makefile.sources
>  rename {tests => tests_hw}/gem_bad_address.c (50%)
> 
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Joonas Lahtinen
Open Source Technology Center
Intel Corporation