doc: test: Explain how to run pytests in parallel

Add documentation for this so people can try it out. At present it does
not fully work.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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Simon Glass 2021-09-19 15:14:51 -06:00 committed by Tom Rini
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`html2text` utility.
Running tests in parallel
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Note: This does not fully work yet and is documented only so you can try to
fix the problems.
First install support for parallel tests::
pip3 install pytest-xdist
Then build sandbox in a suitable build directory. It is not possible to use
the --build flag with xdist.
Finally, run the tests in parallel using the -n flag::
# build sandbox first, in a suitable build directory. It is not possible
# to use the --build flag with -n
test/py/test.py -B sandbox --build-dir /tmp/b/sandbox -q -k 'not slow' -n32
At least the following non-slow tests are known to fail:
- test_fit_ecdsa
- test_bind_unbind_with_uclass
- ut_dm_spi_flash
- test_gpt_rename_partition
- test_gpt_swap_partitions
- test_pinmux_status
- test_sqfs_load
Testing under a debugger
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