[dpdk-dev] [RFC 17.05] test: move tests to separate folder

[Mcnamara, John]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Ferruh Yigit
> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 3:13 PM
> To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [RFC 17.05] test: move tests to separate folder
> 
> Tests are part of app folder and compiled with library every time.
> Moving tests into a "test" folder which won't be compiled by default.
> To compile tests, need to give explicit "make test" command.
> 
> "make test" was previously used to run tests, which renamed to
> "make test_run" with this patch.

Hi,

I would prefer if "make test" still ran the tests, since that is the 
general assumption in most open source projects. Maybe have a 
"make test_compile" target to compile but not run the tests.

Otherwise +1 for this.

John