kernelci / kernelci/kernelci-core
Enable allmodconfig boot testing on QEMU with native arm64
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 120
- Forks
- 107
- Avg merge
- 1d 2h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 21
Description
Following up from https://github.com/kernelci/kernelci-core/pull/548, it's possible to boot an `allmodconfig` build on QEMU arm64 when running natively on arm64 hardware. The LKFT lab has such instances so it can be done there.
The #548 PR is too old and won't be fixed with the legacy system but this may be considered again with the new API & Pipeline. Booting an `allmodconfig` kernel with all the modules can add a lot of coverage, especially for detecting issues in drivers on `linux-next`.
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Research direction
Review the legacy approach in kernelci-core/pull/548 and compare it with the new API and Pipeline. Check how the LKFT lab provisions native arm64 instances and how QEMU boot tests are represented; done means an allmodconfig Linux kernel boots under QEMU on that hardware and the result is reported by the pipeline.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux, python
- Domain
- infrastructure, operating-systems, testing-qa
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100