First voltha-go commit.  This commit is focussed on setting up the voltha-go structure as well as the kvstore library
diff --git a/db/kvstore/kvutils_test.go b/db/kvstore/kvutils_test.go
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/db/kvstore/kvutils_test.go
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+package kvstore
+
+import (
+	"time"
+	"testing"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestDurationWithNegativeTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+	actualResult := GetDuration(-1)
+	var expectedResult = defaultKVGetTimeout * time.Second
+
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedResult, actualResult)
+}
+
+func TestDurationWithZeroTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+	actualResult := GetDuration(0)
+	var expectedResult = defaultKVGetTimeout * time.Second
+
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedResult, actualResult)
+}
+
+func TestDurationWithTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+	actualResult := GetDuration(10)
+	var expectedResult = time.Duration(10) * time.Second
+
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedResult, actualResult)
+}
+
+func TestToStringWithString(t *testing.T) {
+	actualResult, _ := ToString("myString")
+	var expectedResult = "myString"
+
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedResult, actualResult)
+}
+
+func TestToStringWithEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	actualResult, _ := ToString("")
+	var expectedResult = ""
+
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedResult, actualResult)
+}
+
+func TestToStringWithByte(t *testing.T) {
+	mByte := []byte("Hello")
+	actualResult, _ := ToString(mByte)
+	var expectedResult = "Hello"
+
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedResult, actualResult)
+}
+
+func TestToStringWithEmptyByte(t *testing.T) {
+	mByte := []byte("")
+	actualResult, _ := ToString(mByte)
+	var expectedResult = ""
+
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedResult, actualResult)
+}
+
+func TestToStringForErrorCase(t *testing.T) {
+	mInt := 200
+	actualResult, error := ToString(mInt)
+	var expectedResult = ""
+
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedResult, actualResult)
+	assert.NotEqual(t, error, nil)
+}