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bios-tables-test: document expected file update

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Document the flow for the case where contributor
updates the expected files.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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Michael S. Tsirkin 2020-01-17 07:18:18 -05:00
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* 1. add empty files for new tables, if any, under tests/data/acpi
* 2. list any changed files in tests/bios-tables-test-allowed-diff.h
* 3. commit the above *before* making changes that affect the tables
* Maintainer:
*
* Contributor or ACPI Maintainer (steps 4-7 need to be redone to resolve conflicts
* in binary commit created in step 6):
*
* After 1-3 above tests will pass but ignore differences with the expected files.
* You will also notice that tests/bios-tables-test-allowed-diff.h lists
* a bunch of files. This is your hint that you need to do the below:
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* output. If not - disassemble them yourself in any way you like.
* Look at the differences - make sure they make sense and match what the
* changes you are merging are supposed to do.
* Save the changes, preferably in form of ASL diff for the commit log in
* step 6.
*
* 5. From build directory, run:
* $(SRC_PATH)/tests/data/acpi/rebuild-expected-aml.sh
* 6. Now commit any changes.
* 7. Before doing a pull request, make sure tests/bios-tables-test-allowed-diff.h
* is empty - this will ensure following changes to ACPI tables will
* be noticed.
* 6. Now commit any changes to the expected binary, include diff from step 4
* in commit log.
* 7. Before sending patches to the list (Contributor)
* or before doing a pull request (Maintainer), make sure
* tests/bios-tables-test-allowed-diff.h is empty - this will ensure
* following changes to ACPI tables will be noticed.
*
* The resulting patchset/pull request then looks like this:
* - patch 1: list changed files in tests/bios-tables-test-allowed-diff.h.
* - patches 2 - n: real changes, may contain multiple patches.
* - patch n + 1: update golden master binaries and empty
* tests/bios-tables-test-allowed-diff.h
*/
#include "qemu/osdep.h"