doc: Document how sandbox_spl_tests are run

Add a few notes about the sandbox_spl tests, since they are special.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Pratyush Yadav <p.yadav@ti.com>
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Simon Glass 2021-03-07 17:34:43 -07:00 committed by Tom Rini
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@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ also select particular tests with -k::
./test/py/test.py --bd sandbox_flattree --build -k hello
There are some special tests that run in SPL. For this you need the sandbox_spl
build::
./test/py/test.py --bd sandbox_spl --build -k test_spl
See test/py/README.md for more information about the pytest suite.
See :doc:`tests_sandbox` for how to run tests directly (not through pytest).

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@ -78,3 +78,85 @@ You can easily use gdb on these tests, without needing --gdbserver::
You can then single-step and look at variables as needed.
Running sandbox_spl tests directly
----------------------------------
SPL is the phase before U-Boot proper. It is present in the sandbox_spl build,
so you can run SPL like this::
./spl/u-boot-spl
SPL tests are special in that they run (only in the SPL phase, of course) if the
-u flag is given::
./spl/u-boot-spl -u
U-Boot SPL 2021.01-00723-g43c77b51be5-dirty (Jan 24 2021 - 16:38:24 -0700)
Running 5 driver model tests
Test: dm_test_of_plat_base: of_platdata.c (flat tree)
Test: dm_test_of_plat_dev: of_platdata.c (flat tree)
Test: dm_test_of_plat_parent: of_platdata.c (flat tree)
Test: dm_test_of_plat_phandle: of_platdata.c (flat tree)
Test: dm_test_of_plat_props: of_platdata.c (flat tree)
Failures: 0
U-Boot 2021.01-00723-g43c77b51be5-dirty (Jan 24 2021 - 16:38:24 -0700)
DRAM: 128 MiB
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It is not possible to run SPL tests in U-Boot proper, firstly because they are
not built into U-Boot proper and secondly because the environment is very
different, e.g. some SPL tests rely on of-platdata which is only available in
SPL.
Note that after running, SPL continues to boot into U-Boot proper. You can add
'-c exit' to make U-Boot quit without doing anything further. It is not
currently possible to run SPL tests and then stop, since the pytests require
that U-Boot produces the expected banner.
You can use the -k flag to select which tests run::
./spl/u-boot-spl -u -k dm_test_of_plat_parent
Of course you can use gdb with sandbox_spl, just as with sandbox.
Running all tests directly
--------------------------
A fast way to run all sandbox tests is::
./u-boot -T -c "ut all"
It typically runs single-thread in 6 seconds on 2021 hardware, with 2s of that
to the delays in the time test.
This should not be considered a substitute for 'make check', but can be helpful
for git bisect, etc.
What tests are built in?
------------------------
Whatever sandbox build is used, which tests are present is determined by which
source files are built. For sandbox_spl, the of_platdata tests are built
because of the build rule in test/dm/Makefile::
ifeq ($(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD),y)
obj-$(CONFIG_SPL_OF_PLATDATA) += of_platdata.o
else
...other tests for non-spl
endif
You can get a list of tests in a U-Boot ELF file by looking for the
linker_list::
$ nm /tmp/b/sandbox_spl/spl/u-boot-spl |grep 2_dm_test
000000000001f200 D _u_boot_list_2_dm_test_2_dm_test_of_plat_base
000000000001f220 D _u_boot_list_2_dm_test_2_dm_test_of_plat_dev
000000000001f240 D _u_boot_list_2_dm_test_2_dm_test_of_plat_parent
000000000001f260 D _u_boot_list_2_dm_test_2_dm_test_of_plat_phandle
000000000001f280 D _u_boot_list_2_dm_test_2_dm_test_of_plat_props