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== Mailing list ==
 
== Mailing list ==
 
Inter-project discussions on Automated Testing occur on the "Automated Testing" mailing list of the Yocto Project
 
Inter-project discussions on Automated Testing occur on the "Automated Testing" mailing list of the Yocto Project
* See https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/automated-testing
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* See https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/automated-testing
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* (was https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/automated-testing)
  
 
= Date and Venue  =
 
= Date and Venue  =
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= Summit Pre-planning =
 
= Summit Pre-planning =
 
Here is a list of action items to do to prepare for the summit:
 
Here is a list of action items to do to prepare for the summit:
* organize program committee (''in progress'')
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* organize program committee (''done'')
* get sponsors
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* get sponsors (''done'')
** create sponsorship prospectus (''almost done'')
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** create sponsorship prospectus (''done'')
** contact candidate sponsors (''in progress'')
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** contact candidate sponsors (''done'')
* hold "Call for Proposals"
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* hold "Call for Proposals" (''done'')
 
** need to determine CFP dates (''done'')
 
** need to determine CFP dates (''done'')
* determine agenda
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* determine agenda (''done'')
** organize program committee (''in progress'')
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** organize program committee (''done'')
* advertise for attendees
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* advertise for attendees (''done'')
 
* reserve venue, catering, AV rentals (''done'')
 
* reserve venue, catering, AV rentals (''done'')
* create signage, web site, registration system
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* create signage, web site, registration system (''done'')
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* hold event (''done'')
  
 
For private planning information, see [http://embeddedlinuxconference.com/cgi-bin/elcwiki.cgi/ATS_Planning the private planning wiki page]
 
For private planning information, see [http://embeddedlinuxconference.com/cgi-bin/elcwiki.cgi/ATS_Planning the private planning wiki page]
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* Scalability - supporting big data, or handling distributed builds or tests
 
* Scalability - supporting big data, or handling distributed builds or tests
 
* Ease of use - making testing and test development accessible to non-QA folk (developers, end-users)
 
* Ease of use - making testing and test development accessible to non-QA folk (developers, end-users)
 
  
 
= Pre-meeting work =
 
= Pre-meeting work =
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= Sponsors =
 
= Sponsors =
Sponsorship is being provided by:
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Sponsorship was provided by:
* ''(To be announced)''
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* '''Sony''' - Platinum sponsor
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* '''Core Embedded Linux Project''' (of the Linux Foundation) - Gold sponsor
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* '''Linaro''' - Bronze sponsor
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* '''Civil Infrastructure Platform''' - Bronze sponsor
  
 
= Schedule =
 
= Schedule =
''(To be announced)''
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See https://ats19.sched.com/
  
 
= Summit Artifacts =
 
= Summit Artifacts =
''(To be uploaded after the event)''
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== Minutes and News coverage ==
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See [[ATS2019-Minutes]]
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Jake Edge wrote an article about ATS 2019 for LWN.net.
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See https://lwn.net/Articles/804050/
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== Key decisions ==
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* all systems to make a kcidb client (upload results)
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** extend the kcidb schema
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** https://github.com/kernelci/kcidb
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** priority (over test definition unification work)
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* use LTP metadata format as initial standard
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** add meta-data convert to kselftest (Tim)
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* build a prototype to move boards between LAVA and labgrid (Jan)
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* want to collect more information for "Hardware Design for Testing"
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** Contributions are Welcome: https://github.com/SmithChart/Designing-for-Automated-Testing/
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* get something working for board management layer for poweron/poweroff/serial-console
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* continue work on test definition common schema and central repository (Tim)
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* add information about  hardware you find useful, or have designed please add to [[Board_Farm]]
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* focus on meeting at Plumbers next year
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* continue using automated-testing@lists.yoctoproject.org
  
 
== Action items from meeting ==
 
== Action items from meeting ==
 
Action items:
 
Action items:
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* post slides to this page (all but one present)
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* send minutes (done)
  
 
== Presentations ==
 
== Presentations ==
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|-
 
|-
 
! Session !! Presenter !! Slides
 
! Session !! Presenter !! Slides
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|- bgcolor="#a0c0c0"
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| colspan="3" align="center" | Status updates
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|-
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| The bugs are too fast, and why we can't catch them (and a report on recent meetups) || Kevin Hilman || [[File:ATS_2019.pdf]]
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|-
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| LKFT status update || Milosz Wasilewski || [[File:2019_ATS_LKFT_status.pdf]]
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|-
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| Fuego Status Update|| Tim Bird || [[File:ATS2019-Fuego-Status-Update.pdf]]
 
|-
 
|-
| A Guide to CIP Testing || Chris Paterson & Michael Adler || [[File:2019-10-31 ATS-Lyon CIP Testing Overview v3.pdf|thumb|A Guide to CIP Testing]]
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| KernelCI Status Update || Kevin Hilman || [[File:ATS_2019.pdf]] (starting at slide 15)
 
|-
 
|-
| Update on previous conferences, KernelCI update || Kevin Hilman || [[File:ATS_2019.pdf]]
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| CKI Status Update || Veronika Kabatova || [[File:cki-overview-ats.pdf]]
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|-
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| SLAV Status Update || Paweł Wieczorek || [[File:SLAV_Status_Update.pdf]]
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|- bgcolor="#a0c0c0"
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| colspan="3" align="center" | Collaboration philosophy and issues
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|-
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| Open Testing Philosophy || Kevin Hilman || [[File:ATS_2019.pdf]] (starting at slide 23)
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|-
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| Working together to Build a Modular CI Ecosystem|| Tim Bird || [[File:ATS2019- buiding-a-modular-ecosystem.pdf]]
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|- bgcolor="#a0c0c0"
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| colspan="3"  align="center" | Board/LAB management track
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|-
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| Labgrid - Real World Examples || Jan Lübbe || [[File:ATS2019-jlu-labgrid.pdf]]
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|-
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| New Ways Out of the Struggle of Testing Embedded Devices || Chris Fiege || [[File:ATS2019-cfi-embedded-testing_handout.pdf]]
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|-
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| Beaker Project: Automated Testing at Red Hat|| Tomas Klohna || [https://redhat.slides.com/tklohna/deck?token=soUy6UhB Beaker at Slides.com] [[File:ATS19 - Beaker Project - Automated Testing at Red Hat.pdf]]
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|-
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| SLAV: Test Stack Abstraction Layers || Paweł Wieczorek || [[File:Test_stack_abstraction_layers.pdf]]
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|- bgcolor="#a0c0c0"
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| colspan="3"  align="center" | Test systems/ Test definitions track
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|-
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| Bootloader testing in LAVA || Remi Duraffort || [[File:ATS-Lyon-Bootloader-testing-in-LAVA.pdf]]
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|-
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| Test Metadata Extraction|| Cyril Hrubis || [[File:Test metadata extraction.pdf]]
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|-
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| Test Plan Templating in LAVA || Milosz Wasilewski || [[File:Testjob templating for LAVA.pdf]]
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|-
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| A Survey of Open Source Test Definitions || Tim Bird || [[File:ATS2019-survey-of-test-definitions.pdf]]
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|- bgcolor="#a0c0c0"
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| colspan="3"  align="center" | QA systems and issues
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|-
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| How AGL Tests its distros and what challenges we face || Jan-Simon Möller || [[File:How AGL tests its distros and what challenges we face.pdf]]
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|-
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| A Guide to CIP Testing || Chris Paterson & Michael Adler || [[File:2019-10-31 ATS-Lyon CIP Testing Overview v3.pdf]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
|}
 
== Videos ==
 

Latest revision as of 15:40, 9 April 2020

This is a public planning page for the Automated Testing Summit

Please see: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/ats-2019/

2019 meeting

Coordinated by: Tim Bird This is now a full-blow Linux Foundation event, with sponsors, a CFP, program and everything.

See the Linux Foundation Event page for details.

Mailing list

Inter-project discussions on Automated Testing occur on the "Automated Testing" mailing list of the Yocto Project

Date and Venue

  • Location: Lyon, France
  • Venue: Lyon Convention Center, 50 Quai Charles de Gaulle
  • Date: October 31, 2019
  • Rooms: Pasteur Lounge and Rhone 3AB
  • Time: 9:00 am to 17:15 (5:15 pm)

Attendance is by open to the public, and we are projecting the attendee fee to be $250, with this fee waived for speakers.

Summit Pre-planning

Here is a list of action items to do to prepare for the summit:

  • organize program committee (done)
  • get sponsors (done)
    • create sponsorship prospectus (done)
    • contact candidate sponsors (done)
  • hold "Call for Proposals" (done)
    • need to determine CFP dates (done)
  • determine agenda (done)
    • organize program committee (done)
  • advertise for attendees (done)
  • reserve venue, catering, AV rentals (done)
  • create signage, web site, registration system (done)
  • hold event (done)

For private planning information, see the private planning wiki page

Call for Presentations

  • CFP Open: Tuesday, May 28
  • CFP Close: Friday, August 13
  • Notifications Out: September 2
  • Schedule Out: September 4
  • Slides Due: October 24, 2019
  • Event Date: October 31, 2019

Suggested Topics

  • Board Farms and Test Labs - hardware, software, useful practices
  • Layers and Interfaces - components of your automated CI loop and protocols between them
  • Results Reporting - results aggregation, visualization, notifications, etc.
  • Defining standards - propose or discuss conventions for test definitions, results formats, layer interoperability (e.g. protocols), etc.
  • Existing Projects - describe your test system or framework and any challenges you overcame or that are still outstanding
  • Scalability - supporting big data, or handling distributed builds or tests
  • Ease of use - making testing and test development accessible to non-QA folk (developers, end-users)

Pre-meeting work

Here's what Tim thinks we need to do:

  • Refine the test stack reference diagram
  • Organize committees for specific APIs
    • designate a head for each committee

Sponsors

Sponsorship was provided by:

  • Sony - Platinum sponsor
  • Core Embedded Linux Project (of the Linux Foundation) - Gold sponsor
  • Linaro - Bronze sponsor
  • Civil Infrastructure Platform - Bronze sponsor

Schedule

See https://ats19.sched.com/

Summit Artifacts

Minutes and News coverage

See ATS2019-Minutes

Jake Edge wrote an article about ATS 2019 for LWN.net. See https://lwn.net/Articles/804050/

Key decisions

  • all systems to make a kcidb client (upload results)
  • use LTP metadata format as initial standard
    • add meta-data convert to kselftest (Tim)
  • build a prototype to move boards between LAVA and labgrid (Jan)
  • want to collect more information for "Hardware Design for Testing"
  • get something working for board management layer for poweron/poweroff/serial-console
  • continue work on test definition common schema and central repository (Tim)
  • add information about hardware you find useful, or have designed please add to Board_Farm
  • focus on meeting at Plumbers next year
  • continue using automated-testing@lists.yoctoproject.org

Action items from meeting

Action items:

  • post slides to this page (all but one present)
  • send minutes (done)

Presentations

Session Presenter Slides
Status updates
The bugs are too fast, and why we can't catch them (and a report on recent meetups) Kevin Hilman File:ATS 2019.pdf
LKFT status update Milosz Wasilewski File:2019 ATS LKFT status.pdf
Fuego Status Update Tim Bird File:ATS2019-Fuego-Status-Update.pdf
KernelCI Status Update Kevin Hilman File:ATS 2019.pdf (starting at slide 15)
CKI Status Update Veronika Kabatova File:Cki-overview-ats.pdf
SLAV Status Update Paweł Wieczorek File:SLAV Status Update.pdf
Collaboration philosophy and issues
Open Testing Philosophy Kevin Hilman File:ATS 2019.pdf (starting at slide 23)
Working together to Build a Modular CI Ecosystem Tim Bird File:ATS2019- buiding-a-modular-ecosystem.pdf
Board/LAB management track
Labgrid - Real World Examples Jan Lübbe File:ATS2019-jlu-labgrid.pdf
New Ways Out of the Struggle of Testing Embedded Devices Chris Fiege File:ATS2019-cfi-embedded-testing handout.pdf
Beaker Project: Automated Testing at Red Hat Tomas Klohna Beaker at Slides.com File:ATS19 - Beaker Project - Automated Testing at Red Hat.pdf
SLAV: Test Stack Abstraction Layers Paweł Wieczorek File:Test stack abstraction layers.pdf
Test systems/ Test definitions track
Bootloader testing in LAVA Remi Duraffort File:ATS-Lyon-Bootloader-testing-in-LAVA.pdf
Test Metadata Extraction Cyril Hrubis File:Test metadata extraction.pdf
Test Plan Templating in LAVA Milosz Wasilewski File:Testjob templating for LAVA.pdf
A Survey of Open Source Test Definitions Tim Bird File:ATS2019-survey-of-test-definitions.pdf
QA systems and issues
How AGL Tests its distros and what challenges we face Jan-Simon Möller File:How AGL tests its distros and what challenges we face.pdf
A Guide to CIP Testing Chris Paterson & Michael Adler File:2019-10-31 ATS-Lyon CIP Testing Overview v3.pdf