On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 03:50:05PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > On 03/01/19 16:33, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com> > > --- > > Dear mentors, > > Let's post an overview of what was achieved in GSoC/Outreachy 2018. I > > have populated a blog post with information available to me, but I'm > > sure it can be improved to explain how the project went and the current > > status. > > > > Please let me know what should be changed, thanks! > > --- > > _posts/2019-01-03-internships-wrapup.md | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+) > > create mode 100644 _posts/2019-01-03-internships-wrapup.md > > > > diff --git a/_posts/2019-01-03-internships-wrapup.md > > b/_posts/2019-01-03-internships-wrapup.md > > new file mode 100644 > > index 0000000..ec245e6 > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/_posts/2019-01-03-internships-wrapup.md > > @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ > > +--- > > +layout: post > > +title: "GSoC and Outreachy 2018 retrospective" > > +date: 2019-01-03 07:50:00 +0100 > > +categories: [gsoc, outreachy, internships] > > +--- > > +QEMU participates in open source internship programs including Google > > Summer of > > +Code (GSoC) and Outreachy. These full-time remote work opportunities allow > > +talented new developers to get involved in our community. This post > > highlights > > +what our interns achieved in 2018. > > + > > +## micro:bit board emulation > > + > > +Julia Suvorova (Outreachy) and Steffen Görtz (GSoC) tackled adding > > emulation > > +support for the [micro:bit ARM board](https://microbit.org/). Although > > QEMU > > +already has plenty of ARM emulation code, the Cortex-M0 CPU used in the > > +micro:bit was not yet implemented and the nRF51 system-on-chip was also > > +missing. > > + > > +The goal of this project was to run micro:bit programs (usually created > > with > > +the [MicroPython](https://python.microbit.org/v/1.1) or > > +[Javascript/Blocks](https://makecode.microbit.org/) IDEs) with a core set > > of > > +emulated devices, including the serial port, pushbuttons, and LEDs. > > + > > +QEMU 3.1 already shipped the groundwork for the new `qemu-system-arm -M > > +microbit` machine type. Enough functionality to run basic micro:bit > > programs > > +is expected in the next QEMU release. > > + > > +## Patchew REST API improvements > > + > > +Shubham Jain (GSoC) created a REST API for the Patchew continuous > > integration > > +system that is at the heart of QEMU's development process. The previous > > API > > +was not RESTful and exposed database schema internals. > > The improvements to the REST API have been included into Patchew and are > deployed on http://patchew.org/. They are not in use yet, pending more > work on authentication; this may be the topic of a future Summer of Code > internship. > > > +## Qtest Driver Framework > > + > > +Emanuele Esposito (GSoC) enhanced QEMU's test infrastructure with an engine > > +that starts tests with all variants of devices that they are capable of > > +driving. > > + > > +This is a complicated task in QEMU since certain devices and busses are > > +available in an architecture-specific way on each emulation target, making > > it > > +hard to write test cases without lots of hardcoded dependencies - and to > > keep > > +them up-to-date! > > + > > +The qgraph framework that Emanuele created eliminates the need to hardcode > > each > > +variant into the test. > > Emanuele also converted several existing tests. His framework was also > presented at KVM Forum 2019 by Laurent Vivier, Emanuele's mentor, and > should be merged in 4.0.
Thank you, I have included your feedback in v2. Stefan
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