nixos/lib/test-driver: add wait_for_console_text

This method is similar to wait_for_text but is based on matching serial console lines instead of the VGA output.
2020-06-24 10:22:53 +02:00
parent 37ec7c488a
commit b520055df6
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@@ -360,6 +360,18 @@ start_all()
     </note>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>
+     <methodname>wait_for_console_text</methodname>
+    </term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      Wait until the supplied regular expressions match a line of the serial
+      console output. This method is useful when OCR is not possibile or
+      accurate enough.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
   <varlistentry>
    <term>
     <methodname>wait_for_window</methodname>