Re: [PATCH net-next] netconsole: selftests: Move netconsole selftests to separate target
From: Breno Leitao
Date: Tue Jan 27 2026 - 06:21:09 EST
On Sat, Jan 24, 2026 at 06:51:42PM +0000, Andre Carvalho wrote:
> This patch moves netconsole selftests from drivers/net to its own target
> in drivers/net/netconsole.
>
> This change helps saving some resources from CI since tests in
> drivers/net automatically run against real hardware which are not used
> by netconsole tests as they rely solely on netdevsim.
>
> lib_netcons.sh is kept under drivers/net/lib since it is also used by
> bonding selftests. Finally, drivers/net config remains unchanged as
> netpoll_basic.py requires netconsole (and does leverage real HW testing).
>
> Signed-off-by: Andre Carvalho <asantostc@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks for the patch!
--breno