Re: [PATCH 1/2] selftests: New very basic kernel selftests directory

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Mon Jan 16 2012 - 20:49:55 EST


On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 06:54:27PM +0000, Fubo Chen wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Bring a new kernel selftests directory in tools/testing/selftests.
>
> Interesting ... but why to invent a test framework from scratch while
> there already exists stuff like googletest or TAP::Harness ?

We wanted to start with something very simple that just launch
selftests in batch.

Let's see first where this goes, if this becomes a useful subsystem that
grows up, then if it makes sense to rely on some more elaborated selftest
framework we can think about it.
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