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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2013-09-23 16:35:26 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2013-10-01 22:52:53 +0100
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ref-manual, dev-manual: Edits to running automated tests section.
Applied a second round of review edits from Paul Eggleton for the new "Performing Automated Runtime Testing" section. I did some reorganization and some minor wording changes. (From yocto-docs rev: fa8f8e5f0f6c1377a4fcafcd3d933af15ac01ff3) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
-rw-r--r--documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml103
-rw-r--r--documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml4
-rw-r--r--documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml8
3 files changed, 52 insertions, 63 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 4d1b731..6eadcef 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -4257,10 +4257,10 @@
<para>
The OpenEmbedded build system makes available a series of automated
- tests for images.
+ tests for images to verify runtime functionality.
<note>
- The current release of Yocto Project supports these tests
- for QEMU images only.
+ Currently, there is only support for running these tests
+ under QEMU.
</note>
These tests are written in Python making use of the
<filename>unittest</filename> module, and the majority of them
@@ -4321,37 +4321,6 @@
must accept incoming connections from 192.168.7.0/24,
which is the default IP range used for tap devices
by <filename>runqemu</filename>.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><emphasis>Have your image built:</emphasis>
- The image on which you want to run tests needs to
- be built.
- For example, the following command would build the
- <filename>core-image-sato</filename> image when
- <filename>MACHINE</filename> is set to "qemu".
- <literallayout class='monospaced'>
- bitbake core-image-sato
- </literallayout></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><emphasis>Run the tests:</emphasis>
- You can start the tests automatically or manually.
- To have the tests start automatically after the
- OpenEmbedded build system successfully creates a QEMU
- image, set the
- <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-TEST_IMAGE'><filename>TEST_IMAGE</filename></ulink>
- variable to "1" in your
- <filename>local.conf</filename> file in the
- <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
- To manually run the tests, globally inherit
- <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#ref-classes-testimage'><filename>testimage.class</filename>:</ulink>
- by editing your <filename>local.conf</filename> file as
- follows:
- <literallayout class='monospaced'>
- INHERIT += "testimage"
- </literallayout>
- After editing your
- <filename>local.conf</filename> file, use BitBake to
- run the tests:
- <literallayout class='monospaced'>
- bitbake -c testimage &lt;qemu-image&gt;
- </literallayout></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
@@ -4367,17 +4336,42 @@
<title>Running Tests</title>
<para>
- After setting up to run the tests, use BitBake to start
- the standard suite of tests manually or, if you are running
- them automatically, build your image:
- <literallayout class='monospaced'>
- bitbake core-image-sato -c testimage
+ You can start the tests automatically or manually:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>Automatically Running Tests:</emphasis>
+ To run the tests automatically after the
+ OpenEmbedded build system successfully creates an image,
+ first set the
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-TEST_IMAGE'><filename>TEST_IMAGE</filename></ulink>
+ variable to "1" in your <filename>local.conf</filename>
+ file in the
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ TEST_IMAGE = "1"
+ </literallayout>
+ Next, simply build your image.
+ If the image successfully builds, the tests will be
+ run:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
bitbake core-image-sato
- </literallayout>
+ </literallayout></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>Manually Running Tests:</emphasis>
+ To manually run the tests, first globally inherit
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#ref-classes-testimage'><filename>testimage.class</filename></ulink>
+ by editing your <filename>local.conf</filename> file:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ INHERIT += "testimage"
+ </literallayout>
+ Next, use BitBake to run the tests:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ bitbake -c testimage &lt;image&gt;
+ </literallayout></para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
- Once the tests start, the following happens:
+ Regardless of how you run the tests, once they start, the
+ following happens:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>A copy of the root filesystem is written
to <filename>${WORKDIR}/testimage</filename>.
@@ -4415,11 +4409,10 @@
All test files reside in
<filename>meta/lib/oeqa/runtime</filename> in the
<link linkend='source-directory'>Source Directory</link>.
- A test name (sometimes referred to as a module) maps to a
- method name within a class within a module.
- Tests can be used within multiple classes and the tests
- are usually grouped together by the area tested (e.g tests for
- <filename>systemd</filename> reside in
+ A test name maps directly to a Python module.
+ Each test module may contain a number of individual tests.
+ Tests are usually grouped together by the area
+ tested (e.g tests for <filename>systemd</filename> reside in
<filename>meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/systemd.py</filename>).
</para>
@@ -4443,12 +4436,13 @@
variable in <filename>local.conf</filename>.
Each name in <filename>TEST_SUITES</filename> represents a
required test for the image.
- Module skipping is not allowed even if a test is not suitable
- for an image (e.g. running the <filename>rpm</filename> tests on
- an image without <filename>rpm</filename>).
+ Test modules named within <filename>TEST_SUITES</filename>
+ cannot be skipped even if a test is not suitable for an image
+ (e.g. running the rpm tests on an image without
+ <filename>rpm</filename>).
Appending "auto" to <filename>TEST_SUITES</filename> causes the
build system to try to run all tests that are suitable for the
- image (i.e. the build system decides whether to run each test).
+ image (i.e. each test module may elect to skip itself).
</para>
<para>
@@ -4469,13 +4463,8 @@
</para>
<para>
- The following list summarizes how to run the tests:
+ Here are some things to keep in mind when running tests:
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>Run the default set of tests simply by
- running the following:
- <literallayout class='monospaced'>
- bitbake &lt;image&gt; -c testimage
- </literallayout></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The default tests for the image are defined
as:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
@@ -4509,7 +4498,7 @@
long as
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-BBPATH'><filename>BBPATH</filename></ulink>
is extended in the layer's
- <filename>layer.conf</filename> file as normal.
+ <filename>layer.conf</filename> file as normal).
Just remember that filenames need to map directly to test
(module) names and that you do not use module names that
collide with existing core tests.
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index f08b7fe..6ed8fe5 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -943,8 +943,8 @@
for images.
The class handles loading the tests and starting the image.
<note>
- The current release of Yocto Project supports these tests
- for QEMU images only.
+ Currently, there is only support for running these tests
+ under QEMU.
</note>
</para>
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 6689ef0..c7fb036 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -5266,8 +5266,8 @@ PARALLEL_MAKEINST with the description ".
Automatically runs the series of automated tests for
images when an image is successfully built.
<note>
- The current release of Yocto Project supports these tests
- for QEMU images only.
+ Currently, there is only support for running these tests
+ under QEMU.
</note>
These tests are written in Python making use of the
<filename>unittest</filename> module, and the majority of
@@ -5322,8 +5322,8 @@ PARALLEL_MAKEINST with the description ".
The OpenEmbedded build system provides a core set of tests
that can be used against images.
<note>
- The current release of Yocto Project supports these
- tests for QEMU images only.
+ Currently, there is only support for running these tests
+ under QEMU.
</note>
Tests include <filename>ping</filename>,
<filename>ssh</filename>, <filename>df</filename> among
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