From: Quirin Gylstorff <quirin.gylsto...@siemens.com> Add the schematic architecture of the current tests setup.
Signed-off-by: Quirin Gylstorff <quirin.gylsto...@siemens.com> --- tests/README.md | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+) diff --git a/tests/README.md b/tests/README.md index ffe7ba2..6ee8ada 100644 --- a/tests/README.md +++ b/tests/README.md @@ -35,8 +35,53 @@ and check machine data from the target. The xenomai test suite executes the xeno-test tool from xenomai/testsuite. +# Test Architecture + +To test xenomai-images on the target hardware the following architecture +is used: +``` + +----------+ + | Target 1 | + /--| beagle | ++-----------+ +---------+ +---------+ /----- | bone | +| | | LAVA | | LAVA | --- +----------+ +| gitlab- | ------ | master |------ | Dis- | -- +| runner | | | | patcher | \ \--- +----------+ ++-----------+ +---------+ +---------+ \- \--- | Target 2 | + \ \-| x86-64 | + \ | | + \- +----------+ + \ + \ +----------+ + \- | Target n | + \| qemu | + | | + +----------+ +``` +A test is deployed in the following steps: +1. gitlab-runner: builds the artifacts +2. After the build is successful the build artifacts are deployed to the + Lava master per scp. +3. The runner sends a lava job description to the LAVA master, who triggers the +job execution on LAVA Dispatcher. + +The LAVA master selects the LAVA Dispatcher to execute the given job on a +target. Qemu targets are executed directly on the LAVA Dispatcher. For non-virtual +targets the payload (kernel,rootfs,...) is deployed via tftp to the selected +hardware. + +The dispatcher executes the following steps: +1. Instrumentation of the rootfs. This will collect the necessary lavatools +and adds them to the rootfs +2. Power up the target +3. deploy the payload(kernel,rootfs,...) with help of the bootloader +4. trigger the payload boot +5. execute the tests +6. power off the target + # LAVA Setup Setup a lava environment by following the [installation guide](https://docs.lavasoftware.org/lava/first-installation.html) or use [lava-docker](https://github.com/kernelci/lava-docker). + -- 2.20.1
