netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 8/9] selftests: lib: forwarding: allow tests to not require mz and jq

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Message-ID: <bdf51f26-c5e3-af56-50ff-035b48a1d97a@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:39:38 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, DENG Qingfang <dqfext@...il.com>,
        Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@...utronix.de>,
        Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>,
        Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@...rochip.com>,
        Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>,
        Landen Chao <Landen.Chao@...iatek.com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        George McCollister <george.mccollister@...il.com>,
        John Crispin <john@...ozen.org>,
        Aleksander Jan Bajkowski <olek2@...pl>,
        Egil Hjelmeland <privat@...l-hjelmeland.no>,
        Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>,
        Prasanna Vengateshan <prasanna.vengateshan@...rochip.com>,
        Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@...il.com>,
        Alvin Šipraga <alsi@...g-olufsen.dk>,
        Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...dia.com>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>,
        Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>,
        Po-Hsu Lin <po-hsu.lin@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 8/9] selftests: lib: forwarding: allow tests
 to not require mz and jq

On 10/22/21 10:27 AM, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> These programs are useful, but not all selftests require them.
> 
> Additionally, on embedded boards without package management (things like
> buildroot), installing mausezahn or jq is not always as trivial as
> downloading a package from the web.
> 
> So it is actually a bit annoying to require programs that are not used.
> Introduce options that can be set by scripts to not enforce these
> dependencies. For compatibility, default to "yes".
> 
> Cc: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...dia.com>
> Cc: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
> Cc: Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>
> Cc: Po-Hsu Lin <po-hsu.lin@...onical.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
-- 
Florian