[GSoC] RTEMS Tester Improvements

[Joel Sherrill]

On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Gedare Bloom <gedare at rtems.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Tanu Hari Dixit <tokencolour at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am interested in applying for GSoC under RTEMS. I am interested in the
> > idea RTEMS Tester Improvements (https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/2919). I
> have
> > used rtems-tester in the past and also have a working knowledge of
> python.
> >
> What platforms have you run tester on?
>
> > I have a few questions and will be grateful if they are answered.
> > 1) Which simulator recipes need to be added?
>
> The first place to look is to compare what is supported in tester
> versus what we have scripts for in the older rtems-testing.git repo
> under sim-scripts/
> https://git.rtems.org/rtems-testing/tree/sim-scripts
>
> I personally would also be interested to add simulator recipes for the
> gem5 (gem5.org) simulator. I made a start at this a long time ago and
> got it to work reasonably well, but appear to have misplaced the
> actual changes. Related to this would be adding complementary recipes
> for building simulators in the RSB. I have run rtems under gem5 for
> the sparc64/usiii and arm/realview_pbx_a9_qemu BSPs in the past and
> would be able to help with simulator setup to get you to the point of
> transitioning from manual/shell-scripted steps into python automation.
>
> > 2) What are the improvements that need to be done? I couldn't find the
> > appropriate tickets or pointers.
>
> I believe it is primarily to increase the range of simulators that are
> supported. Perhaps Chris has other ideas for infrastructure
> improvements, e.g. there is almost always improvements that can be
> made to report usability such as visualizing aggregated testing
> results, tracking down failed tests quicker, and so forth.
>
>
There is also the issue of the coverage testing which used to be
done by scripts in rtems-testing git repo but now partially supported
by rtems-tester. Some work was done by a previous student.

Although my response is short, the work is important. :)


> > 3) Do I need to start a Google doc for the proposal or is there some
> other
> > platform, I need to write on? Is there a template, I should be aware of?
>
> There is a template of a Google doc linked from the GSoC 2017 Tracking
> Page (start https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GSoC and navigate your way
> around). Ultimately you need to submit a PDF to the GSoC site for an
> official submission.
>
> > 4) Is the implementation of this idea in general interest of the
> community?
>
> Yes.
>
> > 5) Will this be enough work for the GSoC term or will I have to club this
> > with another idea (maybe the one where we have to design simple examples
> > (different from tests) for user documentation so that it is easy for
> users
> > to see how to use a call.) or will that be a stretch goal?
> >
>
> I suggest you focus on one specific area and make your stretch goals
> be "deep" in that area. It is hard to say for sure what may be a
> stretch, it depends on your individual performance. You will
> definitely need to define a reasonably large number of tasks that we
> believe you can be kept busy all summer. I have provided a few ideas
> above that should help you to flesh out a fully-scoped project around
> the Tester infrastructure.
>
> > Thank you,
> > Tanu Hari Dixit.
> >
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