On 21.12.15 11:45, Ludwig Nussel wrote: > Alexander Graf wrote: >> On 21.12.15 11:03, Ludwig Nussel wrote: >>> Andreas Färber wrote: >>>> [...] >>>> => Find ways to use openQA for more testing, e.g. serial only rather >>>> than graphical testing with QEMU machines such as cubieboard. Maybe >>> >>> IOW cubieboard can be emulated by qemu? Do you have a command line for >>> me? What host architecure is needed for that? Can the aarch64 worker we >>> have for openQA emulate that in reasonable speed? >> >> So far we haven't managed to make AArch64 KVM work with full AArch32 >> only VMs. Also keep in mind that with KVM host cpu == guest cpu, so >> you'd get a cubieboard with an A57 CPU - something nobody expects to see. > > So x86_64 with emulation? Can you provide me with a qemu command > line to boot an image?
I haven't used the cubietruck on myself either yet :). > >>>> contribute to upstream efforts such as finally upstreaming Raspberry Pi >>>> or Beagleboard emulations, to broaden the base to test against. >>>> >>>> => Use Wifi-enabled SD cards, USB gadget devices, HDMI framegrabbers, >>>> JTAG adapters or other creative solutions to implement automated >>>> hardware testing, avoiding some of the QEMU/KVM shortcomings. >>> >>> That would be nice :-) The minimum requirement for openQA would be >>> control over the power switch and SD card and access to the serial port. >>> On the weekend I found this: >>> http://www.linuxinternals.org/blog/2014/06/04/a-microsd-card-remote-switcher/ >>> >>> >>> Maybe that could be cheap solution to allow the openQA worker to get >>> the disk image on the target. >> >> Yup, Linaro also has built similar adapters for their QA initiative. >> Unfortunately my hardware skills aren't as great, so I doubt I could >> actually solder this thing together ;). If you can find a way to get us >> a dozen, we can start to make automated testing become reality. > > Aren't there some hardware tinkerers on your floor? :-) Yes, I guess I can ask them next year ;). Alex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscr...@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+ow...@opensuse.org
