Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] netconsole: selftests: Move netconsole selftests to separate target

From: Breno Leitao <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 03:18:47 -0800

On Sat, Jan 24, 2026 at 06:51:42PM +0000, Andre Carvalho wrote:
> This patch moves netconsole selftests from drivers/net to its own target
> in drivers/net/netconsole.
> 
> This change helps saving some resources from CI since tests in
> drivers/net automatically run against real hardware which are not used
> by netconsole tests as they rely solely on netdevsim.
> 
> lib_netcons.sh is kept under drivers/net/lib since it is also used by
> bonding selftests. Finally, drivers/net config remains unchanged as
> netpoll_basic.py requires netconsole (and does leverage real HW testing).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andre Carvalho <[email-masked]>

Reviewed-by: Breno Leitao <[email-masked]>

Thanks for the patch!
--breno