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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hi,<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Distaf test
framework currently uses a variable 'global_mode' which is for
selecting the mode in which the tests runs. <br>
<br>
</font> <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">When
'global_mode' is set to 'True' we run the tests with the config
file configuration and ignores 'runs_on_volumes',
'runs_on_protocols'.</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"> <br>
<br>
When 'global_mode' is set to 'False' we use the configs
"runs_on_volumes" , "runs_on_protocols", reuse_setup as specified
in the doc_string or run_on_all_vols
/run_on_all_protocols/reuse_setup:true if doc_string not specified
, to automatically loop through all the specified configs.<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">'global_mode' is
not self-explanatory on what it does. Hence it would be a good
idea to change the name to something more appropriate. <br>
<br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">It can be changed
to 'ignore_auto_configs'. When 'ignore_auto_configs' is 'True' we
run the tests with config file configurations. When
'ignore_auto_configs' is set to 'False' we use the configs as
specified in doc_string. <br>
<br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">This is one option.
If any one else has more appropriate name to use please do
suggest. <br>
<br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Regards,<br>
Shwetha</font>
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