Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] docs: Add docs/devel/testing.rst

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 11:28:00AM +0800, Fam Zheng wrote:
> To make our efforts on QEMU testing easier to consume by contributors,
> let's add a document. For example, Patchew reports build errors on
> patches that should be relatively easy to reproduce with a few steps, and
> it is much nicer if there is such a documentation that it can refer to.
> 
> This focuses on how to run existing tests and how to write new test
> cases, without going into the frameworks themselves.
> 
> The VM based testing section is moved from tests/vm/README which now
> is a single line pointing to the new doc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <address@hidden>
> 
> ---
> 
> v2: Fix spelling errors and improve wordings. [Stefan, Eric, Thomas]
>     Example test name "test-foo -> foo-test". The mass renaming will be
>     done in another series. [Thomas, Eric]
>     Document how to debug unit tests and qtests. [Eric]
>     Document group permission setup for docker, and the privilege risks.
>     [Alex]
>     Update tests/vm/README.
> ---
>  docs/devel/testing.rst | 486 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  tests/vm/README        |  90 +--------
>  2 files changed, 487 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 docs/devel/testing.rst

Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>

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