TuxLAVA is a command-line tool and Python library that simplifies creating LAVA job definitions for various device types. Developed by Linaro, it's part of TuxSuite and streamlines Linux kernel test automation.

AVH
FASTBOOT
FVP
NFS
QEMU
SSH

TuxLAVA is a part of TuxSuite, a suite of tools and services to help with Linux kernel development.

Installing TuxLAVA
Examples
Using TuxLAVA as a command line
Using TuxLAVA as a library
Contributing

Installing TuxLAVA

Examples

LAVA job to boot test a mipsel kernel at https://url/to/vmlinux:

tuxlava --device qemu-mips32el \
    --kernel https://url/to/vmlinux

Generate a LAVA job with ltp-smoke test:

tuxlava --device qemu-mips32el \
    --kernel https://url/to/vmlinux \
    --test ltp-smoke

Using TuxLAVA as a command line

Call tuxlava as follows:

tuxlava --device nfs-x86_64 \
    --kernel https://url/to/Image \
    --modules https://url/to/modules /usr/ \
    --rootfs https://url/to/rootfs \
    --tests boot

The --kernel, --modules, and --rootfs arguments can be URLs (e.g. https://...), file URLs (e.g. file:///...), or absolute file paths (e.g. /path/to/Image).

TuxLAVA will output the LAVA job to the stdout with the provided arguments for x86_64 device

The complete list of tuxlava options is available with the following command:

tuxlava --help

Using TuxLAVA as a library

TuxLAVA can be used as a python library as follows:

#!/usr/bin/env python

from tuxlava.jobs import Job

job = Job(
    device="nfs-x86_64",
    kernel="https://url/to/bzImage",
    rootfs="https://url/to/rootfs.tar.xz",
    tests=["ltp-smoke", "ltp-math"],
    modules="https://url/to/modules.tar.xz",
    parameters={"LAVA_JOB_PRIORITY": 50},
    timeouts={"deploy": 20},
)
job.initialize()
print(job.render())

Contributing

Contributions, bug reports and feature requests are welcome! Please see the issues or open a pull request.

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