Re: Unit tests and the EDK2

["Kinney, Michael D" <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>]

Marvin,

UEFI environment.

Emulated environments are great for some types of testing.

OVMF is also interesting for something that is a bit closer to 
real HW without requiring the real hardware.

And types of testing always requires a real HW target.


Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-bounces@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of Marvin H?user
> Sent: Sunday, November 6, 2016 11:58 AM
> To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> Cc: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [edk2] Unit tests and the EDK2
> 
> Hey Mike,
> 
> Is the framework you plan to RFC a framework within the UEFI environment (UEFI Shell)
> or within the OS?
> Using the OS implementations of UEFI (Nt32 & Emulator) to run Unit Tests without the
> need for a separate UEFI device or a reboot sounds pretty compelling to me, to be
> honest.
> 
> Thank you very much!
> 
> Regards,
> Marvin.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-bounces@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of
> > Kinney, Michael D
> > Sent: Sunday, November 6, 2016 8:04 PM
> > To: Blibbet <blibbet@gmail.com>; edk2-devel@lists.01.org; Kinney, Michael
> > D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> > Subject: Re: [edk2] Unit tests and the EDK2
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > A test framework for EDK2 is one of my highest priorities to complete before
> > the end of the year.
> >
> > I am evaluating a number of options and hope to put together a complete
> > proposal as an RFC for consideration in the next few weeks.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-bounces@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of
> > > Blibbet
> > > Sent: Sunday, November 6, 2016 9:26 AM
> > > To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> > > Subject: Re: [edk2] Unit tests and the EDK2
> > >
> > > On 11/06/2016 01:57 AM, Matt Lazarowitz wrote:
> > > > I would like to find out if anyone has experience with an off the
> > > > shelf unit test framework in the EDK2.[...]
> > >
> > > If you haven't looked at it, two months ago Microsoft open-sourced
> > > some EDK2-centric unit tests.
> > >
> > > https://firmwaresecurity.com/2016/09/23/microsoft-uefi-unit-tests/
> > >
> > > Lee Fisher
> > >
> > >
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