doc: pytest: mention additional requirements for venv

dlech · trini · commit c85d302bf239 · 2026-01-12T15:12:41.000-06:00
Add a paragraph explaining that in addition to the requirements.txt
for test/py/test.py itself, users may need to install additional python
packages depending on the U-Boot configuration being built.

Reviewed-by: Simon Glass &lt;simon.glass@canonical.com&gt;
Tested-by: Mattijs Korpershoek &lt;mkorpershoek@kernel.org&gt; # sandbox
Reviewed-by: Mattijs Korpershoek &lt;mkorpershoek@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Lechner &lt;dlechner@baylibre.com&gt;
diff --git a/doc/develop/pytest/usage.rst b/doc/develop/pytest/usage.rst
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ environment.  This can be done via the following commands:
     $ . ./venv/bin/activate
     $ pip install -r test/py/requirements.txt
 
+In order to use the ``--build`` option of ``test.py`` there may be additional
+python packages required depending on the configuration being built. These can
+be found with ``find . -name "*.requirements*.txt"``.
+
 Testing sandbox
 ---------------
 
