Re: [PATCH v3] acpi: Permit OEM ID and OEM table ID fields to be changed

[Igor Mammedov]

On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 16:59:54 +0200
Marian Posteuca <posteuca@mutex.one> wrote:

> Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com> writes:
> 
> > overall looks good.
> > Please add a test case for it, see
> > tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c for description how to do it
> > an/or at
> >   "[PATCH v3 08/12] tests/acpi: allow updates for expected data files"
> > and follow up patches on the list.  
> When you say add a test case, do you mean only updating the binary
> files in tests/data/acpi/{microvm,pc,q35,virt} according to the steps
> at the start of the file bios-tables-test.c? Or do you also mean an actual
> test case to be added in bios-tables-test.c?
an new test in bios-tables-test.c, which will test that new option works as 
expected.

> Also the step 6 described in bios-tables-test.c mentions that the diff of
> the ACPI table must be added to the commit log, but my change touches
> all the tables for all architectures so that would mean that I would
> have to create a huge commit log. How should I approach this?
I don't think that large commit message is problem, it helps reviewer
to see expected changes (if|before one actually tests)