1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index 2ffb67c3c49d..f50b44fa8a03 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -752,6 +752,15 @@ sub __read_config {
     return $test_case;
 }
 
+sub get_test_case {
+        print "What test case would you like to run?\n";
+        print " (build, install or boot)\n";
+        print " Other tests are available but require editing the config file\n";
+        my $ans = <STDIN>;
+        chomp $ans;
+        $default{"TEST_TYPE"} = $ans;
+}
+
 sub read_config {
     my ($config) = @_;
 
@@ -766,10 +775,7 @@ sub read_config {
     # was a test specified?
     if (!$test_case) {
         print "No test case specified.\n";
-        print "What test case would you like to run?\n";
-        my $ans = <STDIN>;
-        chomp $ans;
-        $default{"TEST_TYPE"} = $ans;
+        get_test_case;
     }
 
     # set any defaults
@@ -3070,6 +3076,7 @@ if ($#ARGV == 0) {
 }
 
 if (! -f $ktest_config) {
+    get_test_case;
     open(OUT, ">$ktest_config") or die "Can not create $ktest_config";
     print OUT << "EOF"
 # Generated by ktest.pl
@@ -3088,6 +3095,7 @@ THIS_DIR := $variable{"PWD"}
 # Define each test with TEST_START
 # The config options below it will override the defaults
 TEST_START
+TEST_TYPE = $default{"TEST_TYPE"}
 
 DEFAULTS
 EOF