linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Doc: update kselftest.txt with details on how to run tests after install

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Date:   Tue, 22 Nov 2016 15:52:19 -0700
From:   Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
To:     corbet@....net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Doc: update kselftest.txt with details on how to run
 tests after install

On 11/08/2016 07:13 AM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 01:24:14PM -0700, Shuah Khan wrote:
>> Update kselftest.txt with details on how to run tests after install.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/kselftest.txt | 11 +++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/kselftest.txt b/Documentation/kselftest.txt
>> index 54bee77..e5c7254 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/kselftest.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/kselftest.txt
>> @@ -70,6 +70,17 @@ To install selftests in an user specified location:
>>     $ cd tools/testing/selftests
>>     $ ./kselftest_install.sh install_dir
>>  
>> +Running installed selftests
>> +===========================
> 
> Since this almost looks like rst already, is there work already to put
> this into the shiny new developer tool's documentation?
> -Daniel
> 

Not yet. I can take care of that next. Thanks for the reminder.

-- Shuah

>> +
>> +Kselftest install as well as the Kselftest tarball provide a script
>> +named "run_kselftest.sh" to run the tests.
>> +
>> +You can simply do the following to run the installed Kselftests. Please
>> +note some tests will require root privileges.
>> +
>> +cd kselftest
>> +./run_kselftest.sh
>>  
>>  Contributing new tests
>>  ======================
>> -- 
>> 2.9.3
>>
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