From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B68EB982 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2014 18:37:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.active-venture.com (mail.active-venture.com [67.228.131.205]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D5B3201F4 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2014 18:37:03 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <53FA30CC.9020404@roeck-us.net> Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 11:37:00 -0700 From: Guenter Roeck MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Geert Uytterhoeven , Grant Likely References: <20140819163621.GA15109@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20140823081245.GA16949@localhost> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] Fwd: Rough notes from testing unconference List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 08/24/2014 11:15 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Grant Likely wrote: >> Cross building the kernel isn't the problem. That's easy. Getting a >> rootfs and the tests into the rootfs can be hard, depending on the >> platform (a problem for some embedded targets). > > In the past, I have used OpenWRT to build the rootfs for the test > target. > I very much prefer Grant's direct method - it ensures that the available test code is automatically integrated into the root file system, and that there are no architecture / target dependencies. For my part I have used various means to create root file systems for my own tests, depending on the architecture. I see it as significant improvement to have it all together in a single place, in our control, and to have it as simple as possible. Guenter