[PATCH 1/8] ktest: Clarify config file usage

From: Scott Wood
Date: Sun Jul 16 2017 - 20:16:59 EST


Simply telling a new user to edit "the config file" without giving any
hints on where that file should go, what it should be named, or where
a template can be found, is not particularly helpful.

Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <swood@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl | 3 ++-
tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf | 3 +++
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index 0c8b61f8398e..cdf6974bc462 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -1140,7 +1140,8 @@ sub __read_config {
sub get_test_case {
print "What test case would you like to run?\n";
print " (build, install or boot)\n";
- print " Other tests are available but require editing the config file\n";
+ print " Other tests are available but require editing ktest.conf\n";
+ print " (see tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf)\n";
my $ans = <STDIN>;
chomp $ans;
$default{"TEST_TYPE"} = $ans;
diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
index 6c58cd8bbbae..7636236b87d3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
#
# Config file for ktest.pl
#
+# Place your customized version of this, named ktest.conf, in the
+# working directory that ktest.pl is run from.
+#
# Note, all paths must be absolute
#

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