On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 10:35:10AM +0100, Patrick Rudolph wrote: > Hi folks, > this is an attempt to improve firmware testing by using the > infrastructure and knowledge of the kernelci community. If you think > this is not the right place, please point me in the right direction. > > I'm a coreboot[1] developer trying to make sure that the master > branch[2] doesn't regress. Currently there's no public firmware > testing, only internal validation suites used by some companies that > lack direct and automated feedback before a commit is actually merged. > As this isn't a coreboot only topic, but applies to all open source > "bios vendors", I added the u-boot project in CC as well. > > For me firmware testing looks pretty similar to kernel testing: > * flash firmware to test > * boot a known good linux kernel > * run tests in userspace and verify hardware/software works as expected > > On the hardware side we have boards in our lab that allow remote power > cycling and firmware flashing. It is attached to self hosted stock > LAVA2018. But as we are firmware engineers, we don't want to deal with > the administration of servers. > > Here are a few questions for you: > * Would it make sense to also cover open source firmware tests on kernelci? > * Do you build the linux images yourself? > * Would you accept firmware images generated by a third party? > * Can anybody get an account for the LAVA server to run firmware test? > * What communication channels do you recommend? > * Will there be meetings or conferences to get in contact with the > community to talk about this? > > [1]: https://coreboot.org/ > [2]: https://review.coreboot.org/
Over in U-Boot, yes, we have some test suites that we run on real HW as well as QEMU-based hardware. And historically I've talked with Kevin once or twice about testing a current U-Boot on various easy-to-recover boards rather than just what it shipped with, but things never moved past the talking about it stage. -- Tom
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