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 B69B040C for ; Thu, 27 Oct 2016 06:07:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-f173.google.com (mail-yw0-f173.google.com [209.85.161.173]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C20F4139 for ; Thu, 27 Oct 2016 06:07:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yw0-f173.google.com with SMTP id p22so16179813ywe.0 for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2016 23:07:39 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20161022011925.6n3nhq23vbrly364@thunk.org> References: <20161022011925.6n3nhq23vbrly364@thunk.org> From: Amit Kucheria Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 11:37:38 +0530 Message-ID: To: "Theodore Ts'o" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" , "fuego@lists.linuxfoundation.org" Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] Some ideas on open source testing List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 6:49 AM, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > Maybe someday an ARM64 system will have the necessary hardware > virtualization systems such that we can quickly test an ARM > handset/embedded kernel using kvm on an ARM64 server / workstation. > Maybe that would be a 90% solution for many file system and even > device driver authors, assuming the necesary SOC IP blocks could be > emulated by qemu. https://www.linaro.cloud/ It exists. But we still need to come up with a reasonably easy way for community to setup accounts on this w/o having to go through an approval process. We've made the HW available to several projects for their porting and testing needs, but currently it is on a case-by-case basis while we scale up the data center.