Nicolai Haehnle wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> back when I was actively working on DRI drivers almost three years
> ago, I always felt uneasy about the fact that I didn't have an
> extensive array of tests that I could rely on to test for regressions.
> 
> Now I've decided to do something about it. I've taken Glean and some
> code from Mesa and wrapped it with Python and cmake glue to
> - execute OpenGL tests without user interaction and
> - neatly format the results in HTML
> 
> You can find the current version (and a sample HTML summary, to get an
> idea of what they look like at the moment) at
> http://homepages.upb.de/prefect/piglit/
> 
> The idea is to make testing dead simple for driver developers. I
> believe that Piglit already makes it quite simple, but I'm sure
> there's still room for improvement.
> 
> My current plans are:
> - Hunt some bugs in R300, to get a better feeling for how the tool
> fares in practice
> - Integrate tests from Mesa; unfortunately, this needs manual work
> because those tests are mainly interactive, but it's definitely
> necessary to make this useful
> 
> I'm also considering setting up a public repository somewhere, perhaps
> on Sourceforge.
> 
> Please give it a try when you have a little time to spare and tell me
> if you find it useful (or more importantly, why you don't find it
> useful), and where it could be improved.

I'll try to give it a try when I have some time.

For now though I've added a link to Piglit from the Glean home page.

-Brian

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