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Diffstat (limited to 'tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c b/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c index e15f36c8c7..5647624492 100644 --- a/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c +++ b/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ */ /* - * How to add or update the tests: + * How to add or update the tests or commit changes that affect ACPI tables: * Contributor: * 1. add empty files for new tables, if any, under tests/data/acpi * 2. list any changed files in tests/qtest/bios-tables-test-allowed-diff.h @@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ * $(SRC_PATH)/tests/data/acpi/rebuild-expected-aml.sh * 6. Now commit any changes to the expected binary, include diff from step 4 * in commit log. + * Expected binary updates needs to be a separate patch from the code that + * introduces changes to ACPI tables. It lets the maintainer drop + * and regenerate binary updates in case of merge conflicts. Further, a code + * change is easily reviewable but a binary blob is not (without doing a + * disassembly). * 7. Before sending patches to the list (Contributor) * or before doing a pull request (Maintainer), make sure * tests/qtest/bios-tables-test-allowed-diff.h is empty - this will ensure |