John Snow <js...@redhat.com> writes: > The original version of the AHCI test base > which is now staged for being merged, processes > the ahci_identify test in a monolithic fashion. > > In authoring new tests, it became necessary and > obvious as to how the operation of this device > should be factored out to ease the writing of > new AHCI tests. > > This patch set issues the necessary refactorings > to support future test development for AHCI. > > This patch set DOES NOT account for any new fixes > and requires no fixes from my "AHCI fixes" RFC > in order to run successfully on 2014-09-18's > origin/master. > > This patch set does not alter the operation of the > existing test, or add new tests. It only offers > refactorings for future patch submissions which > depend on them, but are still under consideration. [...] > tests/ahci-test.c | 860 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ > 1 file changed, 583 insertions(+), 277 deletions(-)
Ignorant question: why should we commit the "monolithic" test only to refactor it extensively right away?
