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Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] stable workflow
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On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 23:07:39 +0200
Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com> wrote:


> Well, some tests depend on hardware availability but any hardware can
> work. I'm obviously thinking about RTCs. rtctest can run with any RTC.
> Also, one of my question here is whether kselftests could or couldn't be
> destructive. Running rtctest will currently overwrite the next alarm
> that may be set in an RTC. I was also planning to extend it in a way
> that will unfortunately also overwrite the current date and time.
> I'm not sure this is OK, especially for people that want to run those
> tests automatically.


Anything that can cause harm to the system probably shouldn't be added
to kselftests. Unless there's a way you can record what the settings
were, and reset them after the test.

-- Steve