On 7 May 2012 20:10, Zygmunt Krynicki <zygmunt.kryni...@linaro.org> wrote: > Hi. > > We'll see some beta deployments this week. I have not tried doing any > KVM testing. What I can currently offer you is vexpress x4 or x1 (both > A7+A15) that you can run lava-test's on. If you want we can also add a > simple "run this shell" action for experiments. Note: keep in mind > that it's not "ready" yet, it's not the same dispatcher code you can > use on physical boards and it has some different properties. You may > be interested in > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/lava-core/+spec/dispatcher-transition-plan
OK. Do you have documentation or a specification you're working to? Does your plan cover my needs or something close to it? > Thanks > ZK > > > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 5:40 AM, Michael Hope <michael.h...@linaro.org> wrote: >> Hi there. We'd like to run a Fast Model in the validation lab for KVM >> testing. Is there a blueprint for this? What's the status? >> >> Paul and I discussed a rough plan a few months ago. It was along the lines >> of: >> * A x86 machine as the Fast Model host >> * An emulated vexpress-a15 as the KVM host >> * A vexpress-a15 as the KVM guest >> * LAVA treats the Fast Model as a board >> * Jobs are spawned into the LAVA scheduler >> * Once the KVM host is running, everything else is toolchain specific >> and done via shell scripts >> >> The dispatcher would: >> * Grab the hwpack >> * Grab the nano rootfs >> * Build the rootfs with separate kernel, initrd, and dtb using >> linaro-media-create >> * Start the Fast Model with the boot wrapper, kernel, and rootfs >> * Use the console to run the test script >> >> There's more information on the steps required at: >> https://wiki.linaro.org/MichaelHope/Sandbox/KVMUseCase _______________________________________________ linaro-toolchain mailing list linaro-toolchain@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-toolchain
