tests: scrap old automake based kernel test runner

Upstream broke our dynamic creation of the testlist, and I think
adding stupid .tests suffixes everywhere just to appease upstream
autohell tools isn't that great. So scrap it, we can use piglit
instead.

References: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-debbugs/2013-06/msg00000.html
Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 67b6563..c4c8de1 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ if BUILD_TESTS
 SUBDIRS += tests
 endif
 
-test:
-       ${MAKE} -C tests test
-
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = ChangeLog INSTALL
 
 .PHONY: ChangeLog INSTALL

diff --git a/README b/README
index c484a93..653bfcd 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -24,17 +24,10 @@ tests/
        changes.  Hopefully this can cover the relevant cases we need to
        worry about, including backwards compatibility.
 
-       Run this tests with "make test" as root from this directory. Note that
-       no other drm clients (X server) may run.
-
-       "make test" only runs a default set of tests and is useful for
-       regression testing. Other tests not run are:
-       - tests that might hang the gpu, see HANG in Makefile.am
-       - gem_stress, a stress test suite. Look at the source for all the
-         various options.
-       - testdisplay is only run in the default mode. testdisplay has tons of
-         options to test different kms functionality, again read the source for
-         the details.
+       Note: The old automake based testrunner had to be scraped due to
+       upstream changes which broke dynamic creation of the test list. Of
+       course it is still possible to directly run tests, even when not always
+       limiting tests to specific subtests (like piglit does).
 
        The more comfortable way to run tests is with piglit. First grab piglit
        from:
@@ -60,6 +53,15 @@ tests/
 
        for some useful options.
 
+       Piglit only runs a default set of tests and is useful for regression
+       testing. Other tests not run are:
+       - tests that might hang the gpu, see HANG in Makefile.am
+       - gem_stress, a stress test suite. Look at the source for all the
+         various options.
+       - testdisplay is only run in the default mode. testdisplay has tons of
+         options to test different kms functionality, again read the source for
+         the details.
+
 lib/
        Common helper functions and headers used by the other tools.
 

diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index f3475ad..ebd7c57 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -150,11 +150,6 @@ kernel_tests = \
 TESTS = \
        $(NULL)
 
-test:
-       @whoami | grep -q root || ( echo ERROR: not running as root; exit 1 )
-       @./check_drm_clients
-       @make TESTS="${kernel_tests}" check
-
 list-single-tests:
        @echo TESTLIST
        @echo ${single_kernel_tests}