linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] selftests: firmware: skip testing unsupported features

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Date:   Wed, 8 Nov 2017 09:28:56 -0700
From:   Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
To:     Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@...aro.org>,
        kselftest <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Luis R . Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu@...aro.org>,
        Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>,
        Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] selftests: firmware: skip testing unsupported
 features

On 11/08/2017 04:47 AM, Amit Pundir wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> At Linaro we run mainline/linux-next selftests on LTS releases and
> run into few test failures due to kernel mismatch or missing upstream
> functionality in older kernels. Discussed at length here:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/6/15/652
> 
> This patch series is an attempt to modify selftest firmware test scripts.
> The proposed changes skip/ignore testing the upstream functionality
> missing in the older kernel releases.
> 
> Regards,
> Amit Pundir
> 
> 
> Amit Pundir (2):
>   selftests: firmware: skip unsupported async loading tests
>   selftests: firmware: skip unsupported custom firmware fallback tests
> 
>  tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_fallback.sh   | 38 ++++++++++++++++-------
>  tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh | 34 ++++++++++++--------
>  2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> 

Thanks for the patches. I have couple of minor comments on the patches.
Please see the individual responses to the patches.

-- Shuah