1. 30 3月, 2012 1 次提交
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      qtest: add test framework · c7f0f3b1
      Anthony Liguori 提交于
      The idea behind qtest is pretty simple.  Instead of executing a CPU via TCG or
      KVM, rely on an external process to send events to the device model that the CPU
      would normally generate.
      
      qtest presents itself as an accelerator.  In addition, a new option is added to
      establish a qtest server (-qtest) that takes a character device.  This is what
      allows the external process to send CPU events to the device model.
      
      qtest uses a simple line based protocol to send the events.  Documentation of
      that protocol is in qtest.c.
      
      I considered reusing the monitor for this job.  Adding interrupts would be a bit
      difficult.  In addition, logging would also be difficult.
      
      qtest has extensive logging support.  All protocol commands are logged with
      time stamps using a new command line option (-qtest-log).  Logging is important
      since ultimately, this is a feature for debugging.
      Signed-off-by: NAnthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
      Signed-off-by: NPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: NAnthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
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