From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752097AbdI2Jmj (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2017 05:42:39 -0400 Received: from mail-wr0-f179.google.com ([209.85.128.179]:47297 "EHLO mail-wr0-f179.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751590AbdI2Jmi (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2017 05:42:38 -0400 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AOwi7QA2VlkzCIlNEw2CcHfychnDM47uXEuQLlFqskcjHiG3lkvosKDrHzKwhXO4zeyNnHNlpvXpxrzmLpyOMKInUqM= MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Pintu Kumar Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:12:36 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: How to verify linux-next To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I have a general question. How do we normally verify linux-next tree? I wanted to work on linux-next but I am facing some issues. I could able to build linux-next for both x86 and arm, but I could not verify it on any machine. Currently I don't have a real Linux PC to boot with linux-next kernel. So I am trying to find alternative ways, like using the virtual box or qemu-arm. 1) For Oracle virtual box 5.1.26 with ubuntu-32 bit, the linux-next kernel is not booting. 2) For qemu-arm (versatilepb), I am able to build the kernel, but I could not figure out which rootfs to use with it. I tried creating minimal rootfs using busybox, but it does not contain enough interface. I am not able to open multiple terminal and also could not setup ssh to access it using PUTTY. So, if you know of any better rootfs to use with qemu-arm please let me know. Or, if you know of any better option to use linux-next please tell me. It will be really helpful. Thank You! Regards, Pintu