add `get_machine_types()` to return list of supported machine types
by the qemu binary.
Signed-off-by: Balamuruhan S <bal...@linux.ibm.com>
---
tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py
b/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py
index aee5d820ed..df18561e97 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ class Test(avocado.Test):
self._vms[name] = self._new_vm(*args)
return self._vms[name]
+ def get_machine_types(self):
+ cmd = "%s -machine ?" % self.qemu_bin
+ output = avocado.utils.process.getoutput(cmd).split("\n")
+ output.remove("Supported machines are:")
+ return [each.split()[0] for each in output]
+
def tearDown(self):
for vm in self._vms.values():
vm.shutdown()
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2.14.5
