devel/testing/acpi-bits.rst

9 `here <https://github.com/biosbits/bits/tree/master>`__. It is a software that
13 operating system getting involved in between. Bios-bits has python integration
32 bios-bits very attractive for testing bioses. More details on the inspiration
36 For QEMU, we maintain a fork of bios bits in `gitlab`_, along with all
39 bits. The author of this document is the current maintainer of the QEMU
40 fork of bios bits repository. For more information, please see `the
41 author's FOSDEM presentation <FOSDEM_>`__ on this bios-bits based test framework.
43 .. _Plumbers: https://blog.linuxplumbersconf.org/2011/ocw/system/presentations/867/original/bits.pdf
45 .. _gitlab: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/biosbits-bits
61    ├── acpi-bits
62    │ ├── bits-config
63    │ │ └── bits-cfg.txt
64    │ ├── bits-tests
81    the entire log from bios bits and more information in case failure happens.
94    The above will run all acpi-bits functional tests (producing output in
102 * ``tests/functional/acpi-bits/bits-config``:
107    ``bits-config.txt``:
109    or actions are performed by bits. The description of the config options are
112 * ``tests/functional/acpi-bits/bits-tests``:
121    do this, please clone the bits source from
122    https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/biosbits-bits/-/tree/qemu-bits.
123    Note that this is the "qemu-bits" branch and not the "bits" branch of the
124    repository. "qemu-bits" is the branch where we have made all the QEMU
130    https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/biosbits-bits/-/blob/qemu-bits/python/testcpuid.py
133        (a) Copy unmodified test script to this directory from bits source.
148    (b) They are run from within the bios bits VM and is not subjected to QEMU