diff --git a/test/common.sh b/test/common.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31a4c5d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/common.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+# Common test framework, source this file to get config and basic variables:
+# BIN/SBIN are the mckernel install paths
+# if USELTP is set,
+#     LTP is the root of the ltp install directory
+#     LTPBIN is the testcases bin dir
+# if USEOSTEST is set,
+#     OSTEST is the root of the ostest repo after install
+#     TESTMCK is the test_mck binary
+# MCEXEC, IHKCONFIG, IHKOSCTL are the corresponding binaries
+# mcreboot and mcstop are functions that perform the action with prints/checks
+#
+# Additionally, the following parameters can be provided through environment:
+# BOOTPARAM to override mcreboot options
+# MCREBOOT and MCSTOP can be set to 0/empty to not run the action at start
+
+
+# Unfortunately, there is no standard way to get sourced file's path
+# use bash-specific feature.
+TEST_BASE=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
+
+if [ -f "$HOME/.mck_test_config" ]; then
+        . "$HOME/.mck_test_config"
+elif [ -f "$TEST_BASE/../mck_test_config.sample" ]; then
+	. "$TEST_BASE/../mck_test_config.sample"
+fi
+
+
+if [[ -z "$BIN" ]]; then
+	if [ -f ../../../config.h ]; then
+		BIN=$(awk -F\" '/^#define BINDIR/ { print $2; exit }' \
+			  "$TEST_BASE/../config.h")
+	fi
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "$SBIN" ]]; then
+	if [ -f ../../../Makefile ]; then
+		SBIN=$(awk -F\" '/^#define SBINDIR/ { print $2; exit }' \
+			  "$TEST_BASE/../config.h")
+	fi
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -x "$BIN/mcexec" ]]; then
+	echo no mckernel found $BIN >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+MCEXEC="$BIN/mcexec"
+IHKOSCTL="$SBIN/ihkosctl"
+IHKCONFIG="$SBIN/ihkconfig"
+
+if ((USELTP)); then
+	if [[ -z "$LTP" ]]; then
+		if [[ -f "$HOME/ltp/testcases/bin/fork01" ]]; then
+			LTP="$HOME/ltp"
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	if [[ ! -x "$LTP/testcases/bin/fork01" ]]; then
+		echo no LTP found $LTP >&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	LTPBIN="$LTP/testcases/bin"
+fi
+
+if ((USEOSTEST)); then
+	if [[ -z "$OSTEST" ]]; then
+		if [[ -f "$HOME/ostest/bin/test_mck" ]]; then
+			OSTEST="$HOME/ostest"
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	if [[ ! -x "$OSTEST"/bin/test_mck ]]; then
+		echo no ostest found $OSTEST >&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	TESTMCK="$OSTEST/bin/test_mck"
+fi
+
+# compat variables
+BINDIR="$BIN"
+SBINDIR="$SBIN"
+LTPDIR="$LTP"
+OSTESTDIR="$OSTEST"
+
+if [[ ! -x "$SBIN/mcstop+release.sh" ]]; then
+	echo mcstop+release: not found >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -x "$SBIN/mcreboot.sh" ]]; then
+	echo mcreboot: not found >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+mcstop() {
+	echo -n "mcstop+release.sh ... "
+	sudo "$SBIN/mcstop+release.sh"
+	echo "done"
+
+	if lsmod | grep mcctrl > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+		echo mckernel shutdown failed >&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+}
+
+mcreboot() {
+	echo -n "mcreboot.sh $BOOTPARAM ... "
+	sudo "$SBIN/mcreboot.sh" $BOOTPARAM
+	echo "done"
+
+	if ! lsmod | grep mcctrl > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+		echo mckernel boot failed >&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+}
+
+((${MCSTOP-1})) && mcstop
+((${MCREBOOT-1})) && mcreboot
diff --git a/test/issues/1176/C1176.sh b/test/issues/1176/C1176.sh
index f9af578d..7d3d7a9a 100644
--- a/test/issues/1176/C1176.sh
+++ b/test/issues/1176/C1176.sh
@@ -1,116 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-BOOTPARAM="-c 1-7,9-15,17-23,25-31 -m 10G@0,10G@1 -r 1-7:0+9-15:8+17-23:16+25-31:24"
 USELTP=1
 USEOSTEST=1
 
-################################################################################
-BINDIR=
-SBINDIR=
-OSTESTDIR=
-LTPDIR=
-LTPBIN=
-MCEXEC=
-TESTMCK=
+. ../../common.sh
 
-if [ -f $HOME/mck_test_config ]; then
-	. $HOME/mck_test_config
-elif [ -f ../../../mck_test_config.sample ]; then
-	. ../../../mck_test_config.sample
-else
-	BIN=
-	SBIN=
-	OSTEST=
-	LTP=
-fi
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-if [ "x$BIN" = x ]; then
-	if [ -f ../../../config.h ]; then
-		str=`grep "^#define BINDIR " ../../../config.h | head -1 | sed 's/^#define BINDIR /BINDIR=/'`
-		eval $str
-	fi
-else
-	BINDIR="$BIN"
-fi
-
-if [ "x$SBIN" = x ]; then
-	if [ -f ../../../Makefile ]; then
-		str=`grep ^SBINDIR ../../../Makefile | head -1 | sed 's/ //g'`
-		eval $str
-	fi
-else
-	SBINDIR="$SBIN"
-fi
-
-if [ ! -x "$BINDIR/mcexec" ]; then
-	echo no mckernel found $BINDIR >&2
-	exit 1
-fi
-MCEXEC="$BINDIR/mcexec"
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-if [ "x$USELTP" != x ]; then
-	if [ "x$LTP" = x ]; then
-		if [ -f "$HOME/ltp/testcases/bin/fork01" ]; then
-			LTPDIR="$HOME/ltp"
-		fi
-	else
-		LTPDIR="$LTP"
-	fi
-
-	if [ ! -x "$LTPDIR/testcases/bin/fork01" ]; then
-		echo no LTP found $LTPDIR >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	LTPBIN="$LTPDIR/testcases/bin"
-fi
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-if [ "x$USEOSTEST" != x ]; then
-	if [ "x$OSTEST" = x ]; then
-		if [ -f "$HOME/ostest/bin/test_mck" ]; then
-			OSTESTDIR="$HOME/ostest"
-		fi
-	else
-		OSTESTDIR="$OSTEST"
-	fi
-
-	if [ ! -x "$OSTESTDIR"/bin/test_mck ]; then
-		echo no ostest found $OSTESTDIR >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	TESTMCK="$OSTESTDIR/bin/test_mck"
-fi
-
-#===============================================================================
-if [ ! -x "$SBINDIR/mcstop+release.sh" ]; then
-	echo mcstop+release: not found >&2
-	exit 1
-fi
-echo -n "mcstop+release.sh ... "
-sudo "$SBINDIR/mcstop+release.sh"
-echo "done"
-
-if lsmod | grep mcctrl > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-	echo mckernel shutdown failed >&2
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ ! -x "$SBINDIR/mcreboot.sh" ]; then
-	echo mcreboot: not found >&2
-	exit 1
-fi
-echo -n "mcreboot.sh $BOOTPARAM ... "
-sudo "$SBINDIR/mcreboot.sh" $BOOTPARAM
-echo "done"
-
-if ! lsmod | grep mcctrl > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-	echo mckernel boot failed >&2
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-################################################################################
 "$MCEXEC" "$TESTMCK" -s getrusage -n 2 2>&1 | tee C1176T01.txt
 if grep "RESULT: you need check rusage value" C1176T01.txt > /dev/null 2>&1;then
 	echo "*** C1176T01: OK"
diff --git a/test/mck_test_config.sample.in b/test/mck_test_config.sample.in
index f9a7d1b3..584fb4e5 100644
--- a/test/mck_test_config.sample.in
+++ b/test/mck_test_config.sample.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Config file for McKernel tests
-BIN=@prefix@/bin
-SBIN=@prefix@/sbin
-OSTEST=
-LTP=
+: ${BIN:=@prefix@/bin}
+: ${SBIN:=@prefix@/sbin}
+: ${OSTEST:=}
+: ${LTP:=}
+: ${BOOTPARAM:=-c 1-7,9-15,17-23,25-31 -m 10G@0,10G@1 -r 1-7:0+9-15:8+17-23:16+25-31:24}