[Automated-testing] Looking for a Debian kernel provisioning solution

[Richard Purdie]

On Thu, 2018-01-25 at 07:46 +0100, Robert Schwebel wrote:
> We use the Minnowboard Max for realtime testing with labgrid, and for
> the automatic setup we use an SD-USB-Mux:
> 
> https://www.pengutronix.de/en/2017-10-23-usb-sd-mux-automated-sd-card
> -juggler.html
> 
> In fact, we still don't have a proper way of selling them, but if you
> send me your address, you'll probably be added to our beta tester
> program :-)

It is great to see those exist, I've talked about the concept with
various people for years!

I've not posted much here recently as I'm lacking time to do something
about it but my own belief is that the automated testing side of Linux
is mostly hampered by the lack of the above such devices.

If we could get those to a point where they're orderable online "off
the shelf" from one of the small computer interface companies, I think
the software would then mature to the point we could easily automate
larger scale projects.

The Yocto Project has extensive automated image testing under qemu
which we run all patches against before merging and whilst its tricky
to keep stable at times due to all the moving pieces (compiler, qemu,
kernel versions), it does have immense value and I've long since wanted
to run the tests against real hardware platforms too.

Do you have plans to make those available for sale in some way?

Cheers,

Richard