function set overlay vars

NAME [edit section]

set_overlay_vars

SYNOPSIS [edit section]

set_overlay_vars

DESCRIPTION [edit section]

This function implements the overlay system in Fuego.

Specifically, it does some sanity checking to make sure that the requested overlay files exist (that is, the board file, distribution file, and the testplan file). the it calls ovgen.py to generate a shell script based on these files.

The shell script has the name $NODE_NAME-prolog.sh, and it is placed in the directory /fuego-rw/work. This "prolog" shell script is the product of looking up the testplan, and generating a set of variables based on the test specs that are listed in it.

The list of variables is from all the different tests and specs related to that test plan, which may have references to board, distribution and system variables.

Once this xxx-prolog.sh file is created, it is sourced into the current shell environment. It can also be sourced independently of the currently running script, to get access to all of the same test variables for a particular plan, board, and set of tests.

See Test Specs and Plans for details about how Fuego uses test plans and specs to create test variants.

EXAMPLES [edit section]

Here are some sample invocations:

ENVIRONMENT and ARGUMENTS [edit section]

This function uses the following environment arguments:

Only one of $BATCH_TESTPLAN and $TESTPLAN needs to be defined.

If the output file could not be created, the test is aborted. That is, overlay generation failure is a fatal error.

RETURN [edit section]

Returns non-zero on error.

SOURCE [edit section]

Located in scripts/overlays.sh

SEE ALSO [edit section]