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| -rw-r--r-- | tests/bios-tables-test.c | 27 |
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diff --git a/tests/bios-tables-test.c b/tests/bios-tables-test.c index 652a78773f..0b33fb265f 100644 --- a/tests/bios-tables-test.c +++ b/tests/bios-tables-test.c @@ -10,6 +10,33 @@ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory. */ +/* + * How to add or update the tests: + * Contributor: + * 1. add empty files for new tables, if any, under tests/data/acpi + * 2. list any changed files in tests/bios-tables-test-allowed-diff.h + * 3. commit the above *before* making changes that affect the tables + * Maintainer: + * After 1-3 above tests will pass but ignore differences with the expected files. + * You will also notice that tests/bios-tables-test-allowed-diff.h lists + * a bunch of files. This is your hint that you need to do the below: + * 4. Run + * make check V=1 + * this will produce a bunch of warnings about differences + * beween actual and expected ACPI tables. If you have IASL installed, + * they will also be disassembled so you can look at the disassembled + * output. If not - disassemble them yourself in any way you like. + * Look at the differences - make sure they make sense and match what the + * changes you are merging are supposed to do. + * + * 5. From build directory, run: + * $(SRC_PATH)/tests/data/acpi/rebuild-expected-aml.sh + * 6. Now commit any changes. + * 7. Before doing a pull request, make sure tests/bios-tables-test-allowed-diff.h + * is empty - this will ensure following changes to ACPI tables will + * be noticed. + */ + #include "qemu/osdep.h" #include <glib/gstdio.h> #include "qemu-common.h" |