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kernelci.org (The upstream Linux kernel validation project) by Milo Casagrande Who is This Guy? Milo Casagrande Software Developer @ Linaro (Automation & CI) Developer of kernelci.org What Are We Doing Today? Background

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kernelci.org

(The upstream Linux kernel validation project) by Milo Casagrande

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Who is This Guy?

  • Milo Casagrande
  • Software Developer @ Linaro (Automation & CI)
  • Developer of kernelci.org
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What Are We Doing Today?

  • Background
  • Overview of the system
  • Demos
  • Q&A

https://www.flickr.com/photos/24293932@N00/3719157266/

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Not so Long Ago...

  • Things were broken
  • Tiny little scripts
  • Doing the same thing
  • Everyone on their own

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sumofmarc/7811098908/

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https://xkcd.com/1319/

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Our Goals

Build every configuration for each architecture Boot the results Run tests on them Repeat for each kernel change Report the results in a sensible way Profit #exactsteps

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ag_gilmore/8170021483/

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Why?

There is something out there, but...

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Why?

To provide a platform reference for the community.

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Why?

To ensure the hard work done upstream is gross regression free.

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Before Moving Forward…

  • Job

○ Base unit ○ Tree + Kernel

  • Build

○ Job + Defconfig ○ Artifacts

  • Boot

○ Special case of test

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What is kernelci.org

1 server 8 builders 9 distributed & automated hardware labs 160 unique boards 500k builds 1M boot results

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What is kernelci.org

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Demo Time!

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The Road Ahead

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Wanna Help?

  • More hardware
  • Use kernelci.org
  • Confirm issues, report bugs, send patches...

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Any Questions?

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Get Involved!

#kernelci / FreeNode http://www.linaro.org/ https://kernelci.org/ https://api.kernelci.org/ http://wiki.kernelci.org/ https://github.com/kernelci/ info@kernelci.org / milo.casagrande@linaro.org