[opensuse-arm] openQA generalhw backend
Hello, I am looking through openQA sources and I am very excited about generalhw backend. I see that it is currently in use at openqa.opensuse.org to test Raspberry Pi images. Unfortunately, there is a little details in the sources, I only see that the backend calls some preconfigured external commands to manipulate hardware, but I've failed to find more implementation details. Is there a kind of presentation or documentation on how all this works? I am especially interested in how the flash card image is deployed? -- With best regards, Matwey V. Kornilov
Hi Matwey, Here are some details about the RPi3 case: https://github.com/ggardet/blog/blob/master/HowTo-Add_tests_on_real_hardware... It uses an external board with USB OTG to boot the RPi from USB (Firmware is still on uSD due to: https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/issues/1322). You could also use some USB SD mux such as: https://shop.linux-automation.com/usb_sd_mux-D02-R01-V02-C00-en But it does not work well with RPi4 atm, whereas it works perfectly fine with the HiKey960. Also, if you want to make it available to openqa.o.o: https://github.com/ggardet/blog/blob/master/HowTo-Install_a_remote_openQA_wo... May I ask for which board you would like to test? Cheers, Guillaume ----- Matwey V. Kornilov <matwey.kornilov@gmail.com> a écrit :
Hello,
I am looking through openQA sources and I am very excited about generalhw backend. I see that it is currently in use at openqa.opensuse.org to test Raspberry Pi images. Unfortunately, there is a little details in the sources, I only see that the backend calls some preconfigured external commands to manipulate hardware, but I've failed to find more implementation details.
Is there a kind of presentation or documentation on how all this works? I am especially interested in how the flash card image is deployed?
-- With best regards, Matwey V. Kornilov -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+owner@opensuse.org
Thanks, Guillaume! Do I understand correctly, that SUT-companion and OpenQA worker may be on the same host? I would like to test BeagleBone Black. In an ideal world, I would like it to be tested on openqa.opensuse.org. Now I see that I have to learn how to boot the board from USB. The AM335x reference documentation says that it is possible to load U-Boot firmware via UART and USB, but I have never tried it. вс, 23 авг. 2020 г. в 10:25, Guillaume GARDET <guillaume.gardet@free.fr>:
Hi Matwey,
Here are some details about the RPi3 case:
https://github.com/ggardet/blog/blob/master/HowTo-Add_tests_on_real_hardware...
It uses an external board with USB OTG to boot the RPi from USB (Firmware is still on uSD due to: https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/issues/1322). You could also use some USB SD mux such as: https://shop.linux-automation.com/usb_sd_mux-D02-R01-V02-C00-en But it does not work well with RPi4 atm, whereas it works perfectly fine with the HiKey960.
Also, if you want to make it available to openqa.o.o:
https://github.com/ggardet/blog/blob/master/HowTo-Install_a_remote_openQA_wo...
May I ask for which board you would like to test?
Cheers, Guillaume
----- Matwey V. Kornilov <matwey.kornilov@gmail.com> a écrit :
Hello,
I am looking through openQA sources and I am very excited about generalhw backend. I see that it is currently in use at openqa.opensuse.org to test Raspberry Pi images. Unfortunately, there is a little details in the sources, I only see that the backend calls some preconfigured external commands to manipulate hardware, but I've failed to find more implementation details.
Is there a kind of presentation or documentation on how all this works? I am especially interested in how the flash card image is deployed?
-- With best regards, Matwey V. Kornilov
-- With best regards, Matwey V. Kornilov
Yes, the SUT-companion and openQA worker may be on the same host, or can be separated, it is up to you! You can cheat by having u-boot on uSD and boot the image to test from USB. Otherwise, you can try the usb-sd-mux hardware to flash the uSD card directly. Cheers, Guillaume ----- Matwey V. Kornilov <matwey.kornilov@gmail.com> a écrit :
Thanks, Guillaume!
Do I understand correctly, that SUT-companion and OpenQA worker may be on the same host?
I would like to test BeagleBone Black. In an ideal world, I would like it to be tested on openqa.opensuse.org. Now I see that I have to learn how to boot the board from USB. The AM335x reference documentation says that it is possible to load U-Boot firmware via UART and USB, but I have never tried it.
вс, 23 авг. 2020 г. в 10:25, Guillaume GARDET <guillaume.gardet@free.fr>:
Hi Matwey,
Here are some details about the RPi3 case:
https://github.com/ggardet/blog/blob/master/HowTo-Add_tests_on_real_hardware...
It uses an external board with USB OTG to boot the RPi from USB (Firmware is still on uSD due to: https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/issues/1322). You could also use some USB SD mux such as: https://shop.linux-automation.com/usb_sd_mux-D02-R01-V02-C00-en But it does not work well with RPi4 atm, whereas it works perfectly fine with the HiKey960.
Also, if you want to make it available to openqa.o.o:
https://github.com/ggardet/blog/blob/master/HowTo-Install_a_remote_openQA_wo...
May I ask for which board you would like to test?
Cheers, Guillaume
----- Matwey V. Kornilov <matwey.kornilov@gmail.com> a écrit :
Hello,
I am looking through openQA sources and I am very excited about generalhw backend. I see that it is currently in use at openqa.opensuse.org to test Raspberry Pi images. Unfortunately, there is a little details in the sources, I only see that the backend calls some preconfigured external commands to manipulate hardware, but I've failed to find more implementation details.
Is there a kind of presentation or documentation on how all this works? I am especially interested in how the flash card image is deployed?
-- With best regards, Matwey V. Kornilov
-- With best regards, Matwey V. Kornilov -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+owner@opensuse.org
вс, 23 авг. 2020 г. в 13:34, Matwey V. Kornilov <matwey.kornilov@gmail.com>:
Thanks, Guillaume!
Do I understand correctly, that SUT-companion and OpenQA worker may be on the same host?
I would like to test BeagleBone Black. In an ideal world, I would like it to be tested on openqa.opensuse.org. Now I see that I have to learn how to boot the board from USB. The AM335x reference documentation says that it is possible to load U-Boot firmware via UART and USB, but I have never tried it.
JFYI, I've enabled booting the system from USB device for am335x: https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/8c444c184c36dfa314a2a500349785f58c8a... It works fine with JeOS written on USB-flash drive. I've also managed to learn how to supply U-boot via UART, but it works too slow: 10KBps given U-boot size is about 1MB.
вс, 23 авг. 2020 г. в 10:25, Guillaume GARDET <guillaume.gardet@free.fr>:
Hi Matwey,
Here are some details about the RPi3 case:
https://github.com/ggardet/blog/blob/master/HowTo-Add_tests_on_real_hardware...
It uses an external board with USB OTG to boot the RPi from USB (Firmware is still on uSD due to: https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/issues/1322). You could also use some USB SD mux such as: https://shop.linux-automation.com/usb_sd_mux-D02-R01-V02-C00-en But it does not work well with RPi4 atm, whereas it works perfectly fine with the HiKey960.
Also, if you want to make it available to openqa.o.o:
https://github.com/ggardet/blog/blob/master/HowTo-Install_a_remote_openQA_wo...
May I ask for which board you would like to test?
Cheers, Guillaume
----- Matwey V. Kornilov <matwey.kornilov@gmail.com> a écrit :
Hello,
I am looking through openQA sources and I am very excited about generalhw backend. I see that it is currently in use at openqa.opensuse.org to test Raspberry Pi images. Unfortunately, there is a little details in the sources, I only see that the backend calls some preconfigured external commands to manipulate hardware, but I've failed to find more implementation details.
Is there a kind of presentation or documentation on how all this works? I am especially interested in how the flash card image is deployed?
-- With best regards, Matwey V. Kornilov
-- With best regards, Matwey V. Kornilov
-- With best regards, Matwey V. Kornilov
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