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From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
To: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
	John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>,
	Gerhard Pircher <gerhard_pircher@gmx.net>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-m68k <linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org>,
	Sparc kernel list <sparclinux@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux-sh list <linux-sh@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Old platforms: bring out your dead
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 14:02:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHp75VfzUt_kgzNuXt7pYG4UWcZMF9MtnT1n1j8thOys=OJ+ZA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b8eb1c83-d2f8-1c72-ca67-4160b90b3845@landley.net>

On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 9:58 AM Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> wrote:
> On 1/12/21 4:46 PM, Linus Walleij wrote:

...

> Testing that a basic superh system still builds and boots under qemu and j-core
> I can commit to doing regularly. Testing specific hardware devices on boards I
> don't regularly use is a lot harder.

In our lab we have different hardware connected (including non-x86,
mostly due to maintenance and testing drivers) and it allows us to run
more or less fresh kernels on it. Setup is pretty simple: server with
connected USB 2 serial, network, etc, power cutters, relays to emulate
power button presses for the hardware that can't be turned off and on
by cutting the main power (usual case for tablets / phones) and so on.
From a software point of view we use a netboot image [1][2] which
allows us to kexec kernel downloaded via net.

Now to the point, perhaps organizations like LF can set up something
like this with one technician to support this and pay electricity /
internet bills?

[1]: https://github.com/andy-shev/linux/tree/netboot (just a set of
kernel configuration options on top of defaults)
[2]: https://github.com/andy-shev/buildroot/tree/intel/board/intel/common
(see README in the folder)

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-01-13 12:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CAK8P3a2VW8T+yYUG1pn1yR-5eU4jJXe1+M_ot6DAvfr2KyXCzQ@mail.gmail.com>
2021-01-10 17:35 ` Old platforms: bring out your dead John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2021-01-10 21:46   ` Sam Ravnborg
2021-01-11  8:05     ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2021-01-11 14:55       ` chase rayfield
2021-01-12  0:26         ` Rob Landley
2021-01-12  0:50           ` chase rayfield
2021-01-12 14:37         ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2021-01-11 18:09     ` Rob Landley
2021-01-11 15:04   ` Gerhard Pircher
2021-01-12 14:44     ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2021-01-12 22:46       ` Linus Walleij
2021-01-13  8:09         ` Rob Landley
2021-01-13  8:21           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-01-13 13:25             ` Rob Landley
2021-01-13 12:02           ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2021-01-13  8:15         ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-01-13 10:39         ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-14  3:54           ` New platforms: bring out your dead, was " Finn Thain
2021-01-14  9:41         ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2021-01-14  9:48           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-01-14 21:21           ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-14 22:54             ` Undesirable code, was Re: Old platforms etc Finn Thain
2021-01-14 23:09             ` Old platforms: bring out your dead Max Filippov
2021-01-15  8:31               ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-01-13  0:12       ` Old platforms never die, was " Finn Thain
2021-01-16  6:54         ` Rob Landley
2021-01-16 23:22           ` Finn Thain
2021-01-13 11:47       ` Andy Shevchenko
     [not found] <CAFr9PX=BV1YFcO_GQWsW3XEo8nndjUwArzW5Fg1fnWzt8fiwGw@mail.gmail.com>
2021-01-11  9:15 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2021-01-11  9:20   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-01-11  9:26     ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2021-01-11  9:36       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-01-11  9:50         ` Greg Ungerer
2021-01-11  9:42   ` Daniel Palmer

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