Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/7] Qtest driver framework

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 18/07/2018 19:14, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> The main challenge to me seems "how can we make tests simpler?".  The
>> presence of a new API and object model raises the bar for writing and
>> running tests.  I hope all qtests will use qgraph but if the complexity
>> is too high then qgraph may only be used in a few niche cases where
>> authors think it's worth abstracting machine types and others will
>> continue to write qtests without qgraph.
> The #1 reason for writing code a certain way is following existing
> examples.  As long as "qtest without qgraph" is prevalent in existing
> tests, it'll remain prevalent in new tests.  I'm afraid we'll need a
> conversion effort.
> 

Indeed, Emanuele is already working on converting virtio-serial tests
(virtio is possibly the largest part of libqos).  The various nop tests
are also more or less trivial to adjust.

Paolo