+1 on Michael's suggestion to use dummy_deploy
I've had some conversions with Kevin about his use requirements for LAVA, and here is a summary:
* For kernel testing, the kernel binary + ramdisk is provided over tftp. I think he has figured out how to override the boot_cmds so this is not an issue.
* Would like to utilize lava-test-shell however lava-test-shell makes assumptions about the rootfs. His idea is provide all the lava-test-shell support scripts in the ramdisk. All his existing tests are already included on this ramdisk.
Perhaps we can create another "type" for deployment data called "vanilla"
  "actions": [
    {
        "command": "dummy_deploy",
        "parameters": {
                "type": "vanilla"
         }
    },
    {
        "command": "boot_linaro_image"
    }
  ]
Target.vanilla_deployment_data['distro'] = 'vanilla'
Target.vanilla_deployment_data['lava_test_sh_cmd'] = '/bin/bash'
Target.vanilla_deployment_data['lava_test_dir'] = '???'
Target.vanilla_deployment_data['lava_test_results_part_attr'] = '???'
This "vanilla" target could carry the assumption that the lava-test-shell support scripts are already on the target...somewhere.