From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga05.intel.com (mga05.intel.com [192.55.52.43]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9E2637B0 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 18:07:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from orsmga003.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.27]) by fmsmga105.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 15 Feb 2017 09:07:29 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.35,166,1484035200"; d="scan'208";a="934253166" Received: from bricha3-mobl3.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.237.221.61]) by orsmga003.jf.intel.com with SMTP; 15 Feb 2017 09:07:26 -0800 Received: by (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 15 Feb 2017 17:07:25 +0000 Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 17:07:25 +0000 From: Bruce Richardson To: Ferruh Yigit Cc: Thomas Monjalon , dev@dpdk.org, John McNamara , Keith Wiles Message-ID: <20170215170724.GA89892@bricha3-MOBL3.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <20170214151326.7554-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> <20170215152632.25081-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> <20170215152632.25081-3-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170215152632.25081-3-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> Organization: Intel Research and =?iso-8859-1?Q?De=ACvel?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?opment?= Ireland Ltd. User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.2 (2016-11-26) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/4] mk: add new test-run make rule X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 17:07:31 -0000 On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 03:26:31PM +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > Since "make test" and "make test-build" does dependency resolving, they > check for all dependent components (lib and drivers) which takes a few > seconds. > > This is a good feature during development, but if the target is just > running unit test, that step is unnecessary, it is possible to compile > onece and run unit test multiple times, without checking any code update > > For this purpose, a new make rule "make test-run" added. Which just runs > the unit test, expects that unit test already compiled. > > Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit > --- Sorry, I just don't see the point of having an extra command to maintain and document for the sake of a few seconds on a unit test run. How long does the run itself take compared to the time to check dependencies? /Bruce