linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/8] ktest: Clarify config file usage

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Date:   Sun, 16 Jul 2017 19:16:23 -0500
From:   Scott Wood <swood@...hat.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Scott Wood <swood@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/8] ktest: Clarify config file usage

Simply telling a new user to edit "the config file" without giving any
hints on where that file should go, what it should be named, or where
a template can be found, is not particularly helpful.

Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <swood@...hat.com>
---
 tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl    | 3 ++-
 tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index 0c8b61f8398e..cdf6974bc462 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -1140,7 +1140,8 @@ sub __read_config {
 sub get_test_case {
 	print "What test case would you like to run?\n";
 	print " (build, install or boot)\n";
-	print " Other tests are available but require editing the config file\n";
+	print " Other tests are available but require editing ktest.conf\n";
+	print " (see tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf)\n";
 	my $ans = <STDIN>;
 	chomp $ans;
 	$default{"TEST_TYPE"} = $ans;
diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
index 6c58cd8bbbae..7636236b87d3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #
 # Config file for ktest.pl
 #
+# Place your customized version of this, named ktest.conf, in the
+# working directory that ktest.pl is run from.
+#
 # Note, all paths must be absolute
 #
 
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