[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/4] mk: add new test-run make rule

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 03:26:31PM +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> Since "make test" and "make test-build" does dependency resolving, they
> check for all dependent components (lib and drivers) which takes a few
> seconds.
> 
> This is a good feature during development, but if the target is just
> running unit test, that step is unnecessary, it is possible to compile
> onece and run unit test multiple times, without checking any code update
> 
> For this purpose, a new make rule "make test-run" added. Which just runs
> the unit test, expects that unit test already compiled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> ---
Sorry, I just don't see the point of having an extra command to maintain
and document for the sake of a few seconds on a unit test run. How long
does the run itself take compared to the time to check dependencies? 

/Bruce