[En-Nut-Discussion] test cases for Nut/OS

[Michael Gong]

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From: "Harald Kipp" <harald.kipp at egnite.de>
To: "Ethernut User Chat (English)" <en-nut-discussion at egnite.de>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:42 AM
Subject: Re: [En-Nut-Discussion] test cases for Nut/OS


> Michael Gong schrieb:
>> Is there a test suite existed for Nut/OS so that I could run it 
>> before
>> and after any changes to Nut/OS, in order to make sure the change 
>> will
>> not cause regression ?
>>
>
> Unfortunately not. I discussed this long time ago with Matthias 
> Ringwald
> and he suggested to create a testsuite, which will at least check all
> kernel functions. No idea, whether the ETH Zurich has something done 
> here.
>

Does the test suite not exist at all or it is not publicly available ? I 
am wondering how Nut/OS developers test their code .

> IMHO, it won't be possible to test all functions. There are already 
> too
> many options, platforms and devices.
>
> A new version should compile and link all samples. If httpserv and
> ftpserv are working with this modified version, it is most unlikely 
> that
> something is broken.

Good advice. It could be used as a sanity test.

Thanks.

Mike

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