RE: Testing Quality Call notes - 2024-06-13

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laura Nao <[email protected]>
> 
> KernelCI is hosting a bi-weekly call on Thursday to discuss improvements
> to existing upstream tests, the development of new tests to increase
> kernel testing coverage, and the enablement of these tests in KernelCI.

This is interesting.  Is it possible for me to join this bi-weekly call?
If so, can you send me info on how to join?

> In recent months, we at Collabora have focused on various kernel areas,
> assessing the tests already available upstream and contributing patches
> to make them easily runnable in CIs.
> 
...

> 
> *Boot time test*
> 
> - Investigating possibility of adding new test upstream to measure the
>   kernel boot time and detect regressions
> - Need to investigate available interfaces for reporting boot/probe times
> - Multiple measurement points may be necessary, need to establish a clear
>   definition of "boot" first
> - Influenced by defconfig; testing with various kernel configurations
>   recommended

I'm extremely interested in this.  I was planning on creating some boot time instrumentation
and a boot time test, this summer (before LPC in September).  I would be
thrilled to talk to other developers about this (either by e-mail, in your bi-weekly
call, or at Plumbers) before I get too far into it.

If others are working on measuring, testing,  or reducing boot time, please
consider joining the "Embedded and IOT" micro-conference at Plumbers in September.

One of the chief topics of that micro-conference will be boot time.  Please contact me
and I can let you know instructions for submitting a topic proposal for the event.
(Or just submit something at: https://lpc.events/event/18/abstracts/)
The instrumentation and testing of boot time would be a great topic for the
micro-conference!!

 -- Tim