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diff --git a/docs/devel/testing/acpi-bits.rst b/docs/devel/testing/acpi-bits.rst index 78aeb6aa3c..9a4d716ebf 100644 --- a/docs/devel/testing/acpi-bits.rst +++ b/docs/devel/testing/acpi-bits.rst @@ -30,15 +30,20 @@ OS modules are generally written using low level languages such as C and low level assembly machine language. Writing test routines in a low level language makes things more cumbersome. These and other reasons makes using bios-bits very attractive for testing bioses. More details on the inspiration -for developing biosbits and its real life uses can be found in [#a]_ and [#b]_. +for developing biosbits and its real life uses were presented `at Plumbers +in 2011 <Plumbers_>`__ and `at Linux.conf.au in 2012 <Linux.conf.au_>`__. -For QEMU, we maintain a fork of bios bits in gitlab along with all the -dependent submodules `here <https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/biosbits-bits>`__. -This fork contains numerous fixes, a newer acpica and changes specific to -running these functional QEMU tests using bits. The author of this document -is the sole maintainer of the QEMU fork of bios bits repository. For more -information, please see author's `FOSDEM talk on this bios-bits based test -framework <https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2262-exercising-qemu-generated-acpi-smbios-tables-using-biosbits-from-within-a-guest-vm-/>`__. +For QEMU, we maintain a fork of bios bits in `gitlab`_, along with all +the dependent submodules. This fork contains numerous fixes, a newer +acpica and changes specific to running these functional QEMU tests using +bits. The author of this document is the current maintainer of the QEMU +fork of bios bits repository. For more information, please see `the +author's FOSDEM presentation <FOSDEM_>`__ on this bios-bits based test framework. + +.. _Plumbers: https://blog.linuxplumbersconf.org/2011/ocw/system/presentations/867/original/bits.pdf +.. _Linux.conf.au: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36QIepyUuhg +.. _gitlab: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/biosbits-bits +.. _FOSDEM: https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2262-exercising-qemu-generated-acpi-smbios-tables-using-biosbits-from-within-a-guest-vm-/ ********************************* Description of the test framework @@ -148,8 +153,3 @@ Under ``tests/functional/`` as the root we have: Author: Ani Sinha <anisinha@redhat.com> -References: ------------ -.. [#a] https://blog.linuxplumbersconf.org/2011/ocw/system/presentations/867/original/bits.pdf -.. [#b] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36QIepyUuhg -.. [#c] https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2262-exercising-qemu-generated-acpi-smbios-tables-using-biosbits-from-within-a-guest-vm-/ |