Hi! I am kind of a newbie here, no experience in kernel development but with decent experience in QA automation and automation in general . What about giving a user an ability to run selftest tests in localhost server via web server with UI. I know many things are customizable via terminal with current setup however the UI approach might have some benefits :
- processing raw KTAP output in nicer and more human readable way - having build step and test step as separate reports - having running/installing kernel ( which is tested ) as separate test/report - automatically dump server environment in case of any errors ( good input data before submitting bugs ) - automatically installing dependencies required for specific environment ( all this foo-dev packages ) - allow user split tests into different groups ( based on existing self test runner capabilities) and thus generate separate browseable reports - run long running tests in background with possible job termination via UI
So it’s all about convenience and more easier way for QA people to do testing
I see it as a good option, using current terminal run flow as a default
PS if people like the idea I can come up with some prototype in a separate patch , I already have some tools in minds ( some of them I am author of )
Thanks
Alexey