On 27 June 2012 10:55, Andy Doan <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 06/25/2012 10:27 PM, Michael Hudson-Doyle wrote:
>>
>> Andy Doan <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>>> On 06/20/2012 09:40 AM, Zach Pfeffer wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Andy, what are you thinking are the big blockers for this with the
>>>> master image approach?
>>>
>>>
>>> I've put together a rough idea for how this could work. The blueprint is:
>>>
>>>
>>> <https://blueprints.launchpad.net/lava-dispatcher/+spec/black-box-test-actions>
>>>
>>> However, the more interesting piece is the specification:
>>> <https://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/Validation/Specs/BlackBoxActions>
>>>
>>> This still needs more thought and planning, but I think its something
>>> concrete from which we can start a more targetted dialog.
>>
>>
>> I'm not sure describing partitions as "sdb2" and similar is really very
>> useful. We could use partition numbers, but that seems fragile -- maybe
>> just specifying "system" or "data" or whatever would be best.
>
>
> I changed this as you suggested. Makes sense to me. Then we just do find the
> partition via "/dev/disk/by-label/XXX"
>
>
>> Otherwise, well, it seems pretty easy really, assuming the android team
>> are willing to do whatever it takes to make the presence of
>> e.g. /etc/indicators/01-wifi Do Stuff on boot...
>
>
> Zach - this is where we need your input to make sure you are okay with the
> logic.
Why not just make the /system partition writeable and write all the
results there? That should always be present and LAVA can read the
test results there.
>
>> I guess one thing that seems a little weird about the proposal is that,
>> say, results_directory reads like an instruction to the dispatcher ("put
>> the results here") whereas it's really more of a description of how the
>> image behaves ("the results will end up in this directory, so please
>> look there!"). I'm not sure if this is anything more than the vaguest
>> of concerns though.
>
>
> I'm open to any changes in wording
>
>
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