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README.md

CrOS fw-testing-configs: User’s Guide

go/cros-fw-testing-configs-guide

Background

End-to-end firmware testing in ChromeOS relies on board-specific configuration files. Previously, those files were stored in Autotest. Now, they have been moved into a separate repository, fw-testing-configs, so that other testing frameworks (e.g. Tast, SerialTest) can access them too.

The design document for the new repository is at go/cros-fw-testing-configs.

Working With Configs

File Locations & Names

All the config files are located at the top directory of the fw-testing-configs repository.

The fw-testing-configs repository currently has two checkouts in the ChromeOS manifest: one inside of Autotest, and one inside of tast-tests.

There is one config file for each platform, named as ${PLATFORM}.json: for example, octopus.json. There are also one special config file, DEFAULTS.json and CONSOLIDATED.json. DEFAULTS.json contains default values and documentation for each attribute. CONSOLIDATED.json is a generated file, containing the config data from all the other JSON files.

File Contents

Each config file should contain a single object whose fields override the values specified in DEFAULTS.json. Any fields which do not have a corresponding value in DEFAULTS.json will be ignored.

There are a few special fields to be aware of:

  • platform (required): A string which should exactly match the config file’s basename (minus the .json extension).
  • parent (optional): A string which can contain the name of a parent platform, whose fields will be inherited with lower precedence. See “Inheritance” below. Example: asuka.json
  • models (optional): An object which can contain the names of any models, whose fields will be inherited with higher precedence. See “Inheritance” below. Example: octopus.json

Inheritance

There is an inheritance model in these config files. In all cases, the most specific configuration is used:

[Model > ] Platform [ > Parent [...] ] > DEFAULTS

For each attribute that exists in DEFAULTS.json (besides the documentation attributes):

  • If that attribute is given a value in the platform’s models[${MODEL}], then that is the value that is used.
  • Otherwise, if that attribute is given a value in the ${PLATFORM}.json, then that is the value that is used.
  • Otherwise, if ${PLATFORM}.json specifies a parent configuration via the parent attribute, then that is the value that is used.
  • Parent configurations can specify parents as well, and the inheritance recurses until a config file does not have a parent attribute.
  • Finally, for any attribute which was not otherwise given a value, the value from DEFAULTS.json is used.

Workflows

Consolidate before uploading

CONSOLIDATED.json is a generated script containing the data from all other JSON files. This allows Tast tests to access the config data. Thus, it is important to keep CONSOLIDATED.json up-to-date.

When you make a change to fw-testing-configs JSON, before you upload, be sure to run ./consolidate.py (with no command-line args). This will update CONSOLIDATED.json. Amend your change to include the update CONSOLIDATED.json, and then re-upload.

A preupload hook will verify that your CONSOLIDATED.json is up-to-date.

Modifying Tests and Configs

fw-testing-configs is a separate repository from both Autotest and tast-tests. Thus, edits to fw-testing-configs require a separate CL from edits to Autotest and tast-tests. If you are accustomed to working with config files directly in Autotest, this is a slightly different workflow.

When you are editing config files, please be sure to run git commands from within the fw-testing-configs checkout. If you run git add . or repo upload --cbr . from within autotest/server/cros/faft/, then your changes to the config files will not be captured.

If you are modifying both test files and config files, then you will need at least two CL’s: one for the test change, and one for the fw-testing-configs change. Consider also whether your change will impact the other testing repositories (Autotest, Tast, SerialTest): you might need to run tests or make changes there, too.

When submitting multiple CL’s like that, please use the Cq-Depend syntax as appropriate. If you don‘t use Cq-Depend, you risk the name of a config attribute changing while tests are still looking for the old name, and then tests will break. The reverse is a risk, too. You might need both CL’s to depend on each other. Note that this while this precaution mitigates risk, it does not fully eliminate risk: only one of the CL’s might get uploaded to the lab machines running Autotest/Tast, or one CL may be reverted without the other.

Accessing Configs During Tests

In Autotest, configs are loaded during FirmwareTest.initialize. Config values can be accessed via self.faft_config.${ATTRIBUTE}, such as self.faft_config.chrome_ec.

In Tast, configs can be created via firmware.NewConfig. In order to conform with Go’s style, attribute names are modified to MixedCaps. Config values can be accessed via cfg[${ATTRIBUTE}], such as cfg[ChromeEC].

Utility Scripts

This repo offers a few handy-dandy utility scripts.

consolidate.py, as described above, combines all the individual ${PLATFORM}.json files into one file, CONSOLIDATED.json:

> consolidate.py

platform_json.py outputs the final configuration for a single platform. --model or -m will include a model-specific override. --field or -f will only print a single field value. --condense-output will trim unnecessary whitespace, making it easier to consume via other scripts.

> platform_json.py octopus
> platform_json.py octopus -m robo360
> platform_json.py octopus -f has_lid
> platform_json.py octopus -m robo360 -f has_lid --condense-output

query_by_field.py reports a list of all platforms and models matching certain field conditions. Multiple conditions can be specified. See usage info (query_by_field.py -h) for details about supported operators. Note that you might need to escape some of the operators (like \!) for Bash to parse them.

> query_by_field.py has_lid=false
> query_by_field.py "firmware_screen<=8"
> query_by_field.py chrome_ec=true ec_capability\!:x86

Each of these scripts also supports --help (or -h) for usage info.