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authorAnders Roxell <anders.roxell@linaro.org>2018-06-29 14:52:01 +0200
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2018-06-29 17:01:50 +0200
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doc: dev-tools: kselftest.rst: update contributing new tests
Add a description that kernel config options should be added into a config file that is placed next to the newly added test. Signed-off-by: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan (Samsung OSG) <shuah@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ Contributing new tests (details)
installed by the distro on the system should be the primary focus to be able
to find regressions.
+ * If a test needs specific kernel config options enabled, add a config file in
+ the test directory to enable them.
+
+ e.g: tools/testing/selftests/android/ion/config
+
Test Harness
============