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

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 05:41:08PM +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 2/15/2017 5:07 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > 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? 
> 
> It is matter of choice, it does not take much time for "make test", but
> still I thought it is handy to have a rule only to run the test.
> 
> I don't expect much maintenance cost with this, also I don't have strong
> opinion to keep it.
> 
Yes, I suppose it isn't much maintenance cost indeed, so if nobody else
cares, I'm ok with it too.

/Bruce