Hi All,

Week 11,
- to make the code independent of OF_DYNAMIC flag - Complete
- test the selftest patch on PowerPC - Complete, works OK
- fix and re-submit the patch[3], as directed after the review - patch still under review
- setup and work with gdb for kernel debugging - done

Tasks pending
- documentation
- Any minor fixes, as directed.

Please let me know if I'm missing something.

Regards

Gaurav Minocha

From: gaurav.minocha@alumni.ubc.ca
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 8:52 PM
To: linaro-gsoc@lists.linaro.org
Subject: RE: Weekly Update

Hi All,

Week 10
- tested the patch[1] successfully on x86 architecture - COMP
- submitted new patch[2], in order to fix minor build error - COMP
- submitted new patch[3], in order to enhance the code; so that selftests could run even when machine is booted without a device tree (patch under review) - COMP

Task Pending
- to make the code independent of OF_DYNAMIC flag
- test the selftest patch on PowerPC - In process
- fix and re-submit the patch[3], as directed after the review.

Please let me know if I'm missing something.

--

Regards

Gaurav Minocha

From: linaro-gsoc-bounces@lists.linaro.org [linaro-gsoc-bounces@lists.linaro.org] on behalf of gaurav.minocha@alumni.ubc.ca [gaurav.minocha@alumni.ubc.ca]
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 10:56 PM
To: linaro-gsoc@lists.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [Linaro-gsoc] Weekly Update

Hi All,

Week 8 & 9 (June 7-11, 14-18)
- tested the patch as a Loadable kernel module

- fixed design issues in the patch (v2) as per Grant's review and submitted (v3)
- testing the patch for x86 is in process; facing a couple of issues hopefully will be done by next week.

Tasks Pending
- testing the patch for PowerPC
- testing the patch for MIPS
- make the patch independent of config flag OF_DYNAMIC

Please let me know if I'm missing something. I was out for a couple of days last week, so combined the status of two weeks.

Regards

Gaurav Minocha

From: linaro-gsoc-bounces@lists.linaro.org [linaro-gsoc-bounces@lists.linaro.org] on behalf of gaurav.minocha@alumni.ubc.ca [gaurav.minocha@alumni.ubc.ca]
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 11:17 PM
To: linaro-gsoc@lists.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [Linaro-gsoc] Weekly Update

Hi All,

Week7 (June, 30 - 4)
- remove selftest data at the completion of selftest - Done
- convert selftest module into Loadable kernel module - Done
- mail the updated patch to mailing list for public review - Done

- test the patch for x86, PowerPC and MIPS - In process
- understand QEMU networking - In process
- work with GDB for Linux kernel - In process

Please let me know if I'm missing something.

Regards

Gaurav Minocha

From: linaro-gsoc-bounces@lists.linaro.org [linaro-gsoc-bounces@lists.linaro.org] on behalf of gaurav.minocha@alumni.ubc.ca [gaurav.minocha@alumni.ubc.ca]
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 5:09 PM
To: linaro-gsoc@lists.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [Linaro-gsoc] Weekly Update

Hi All,

Week6 (June, 23 - 27)

Primary Tasks:
1. Mail final patch (as directed) to attach selftest data, to the mailing list for public review - Complete
2. Update patch to fix the duplicate node issue (alias) - Complete

Secondary Tasks:
1. Learn and use GDB for Linux development - Not started
2. Learn and use FTrace - Not started

Please let me know if I'm missing something.
--

Regards

Gaurav Minocha

From: linaro-gsoc-bounces@lists.linaro.org [linaro-gsoc-bounces@lists.linaro.org] on behalf of gaurav.minocha@alumni.ubc.ca [gaurav.minocha@alumni.ubc.ca]
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2014 11:10 AM
To: linaro-gsoc@lists.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [Linaro-gsoc] Weekly Update

Hi All,

Week5 (June, 16 - 20)

Primary Tasks:
1. Mailed corrected patch (as directed) to attach selftest data - Complete
2. Update patch to fix the duplicate node issue (alias) - In process

Secondary Tasks:
1. Learn and use GDB for Linux development - Not started
2. Learn and use FTrace - Not started

Please let me know if I'm missing something.

Regards

Gaurav Minocha

From: linaro-gsoc-bounces@lists.linaro.org [linaro-gsoc-bounces@lists.linaro.org] on behalf of gaurav.minocha@alumni.ubc.ca [gaurav.minocha@alumni.ubc.ca]
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 5:50 PM
To: linaro-gsoc@lists.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [Linaro-gsoc] Weekly Update

Hi All,

WEEK4 (June, 9-13):

- insert the new testcase data into the live tree. - CO (patch under review)
- understand and use Ftrace - IP

Please let me know if I'm missing something.

Regards

Gaurav Minocha

From: linaro-gsoc-bounces@lists.linaro.org [linaro-gsoc-bounces@lists.linaro.org] on behalf of gaurav.minocha@alumni.ubc.ca [gaurav.minocha@alumni.ubc.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 11:11 PM
To: linaro-gsoc@lists.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [Linaro-gsoc] Weekly Update

Hi All,

My apologies for delay, status of last week.

WEEK3 (June, 2-6)
Tasks assigned
- insert the new testcase data into the live tree. - IP (faced kernel panic issues, so was in middle of tracing the same)

Please let me know if I'm missing something.

Regards

Gaurav Minocha

From: linaro-gsoc-bounces@lists.linaro.org [linaro-gsoc-bounces@lists.linaro.org] on behalf of gaurav.minocha@alumni.ubc.ca [gaurav.minocha@alumni.ubc.ca]
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 8:23 PM
To: linaro-gsoc@lists.linaro.org
Subject: [Linaro-gsoc] Weekly Update

Hi Team,

My status update of last two weeks.

WEEK1 (May, 19-23)

Tasks assigned:

1 - Setup and document the development environment to compile and run the linux kernel using device tree on QEMU - CO

2 - Study related code and documents to understand device tree - CO

WEEK2 (May, 26-30)

Tasks assigned

1 - Build the testcase data into a separate .dtb file (instead of including it into the platform dtb) - CO

2 - Link the testcase data into the kernel using the %.dtb.S rule - CO

3 - At selftest init time, obtain the pointer to the selftest dtb and use printk to dump out some of the header information - CO

4 - Send Grant a patch file using git send-email that covers the above. - CO

CO - Completed; IP - In Process; NP - Not started

Note: It is also available on GSOC tracking document

Please let me know if I'm missing something.

Regards

Gaurav Minocha