Now I am trying some kvm-autotest tests. The very first file I am concerned about as a new user is the main configuration file : tests.cfg, under "autotest/client/tests/kvm/". And for help page, I referred to "How to run KVM autotest tests on an existing guest image?" on github (https://github.com/autotest/autotest/wiki/KVMAutotest-RunTestsExistingGuest).
I see that the tests sets variants in tests.cfg is defined in other config files which all be included by tests.cfg at the top lines: include base.cfg include subtests.cfg include guest-os.cfg include cdkeys.cfg include virtio-win.cfg Yet I couldn't think up which one defines them, i.e. rtl8319, smallpages, Fedora.15.64, and kvm subtest cases (should these be called that way, or should python files under kvm/virt tests directory like: boot.py, unattended_install.py, shutdown.py be?) like: unattended_install.cdrom, boot, shutdown. The github help page(which may be outdated) said these definitions should be in tests_base.cfg, which does not exit in my autotest version (autotest-autotest-0.13.1-0-g86127dd.tar.gz). I guess it either be subtests.cfg or guest-os.cfg. Have you any docs or tools for helping me get a clearer idea of which config files defines what variants? Especially those kvm-subtests cases. For example, what should I put after "only" in main config file tests.cfg if I want to try cases in clock_getres.py under "autotest/client/virt/tests" ? I found one configuration parser tool named cartesian_config.py under "autotest/client/commlib" interesting. How if such tools becomes more powerful as to tell "only xxx" if I meet a new .py under kvm tests directories? The intentions I ask for your own kvm-autotest test scenarios in last letter is that I want to a quick idea about When and why kvm-autotest better than manually operations. I see kvm-autotest give logs with time stamps for the start and end of test, which provides some convinience. But I believe there's more. Have you any written words on this subject? Thanks ! -- huai.sinaapp.com _______________________________________________ Autotest mailing list [email protected] http://test.kernel.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/autotest
