Yocto QEMU UNFS test procedure

Steps to run the NFS test case for all qemu machines

Prerequisites:

1. Have a clone of poky

$ git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky

2. Checkout the correct hash.

$ git checkout and/or git log

3. Download the "kernel" file (<zimage>.bin) and the image compressed file (.tar.bz2) from desire autobilder link.

Steps:

1. Open a terminal and place in poky/ directory.

$ cd $PATH/poky

2. Source the environment:

$ source oe-init-build-env build

4. Place the downloaded kernel (<zimage>.bin) and the .tar.bz2 file after "build" directory, something like "/home/YOURUSER/poky/build/tmp/deploy/images/qemuXYZ/" Note: First you need to create manually those directories in your system. a) In poky directory create tmp directory (~/poky/build$ mkdir tmp); b) Then access to tpm ($ cd tmp); c) Create deploy directory ($ mkdir deploy); d) Access to deploy directory ($ cd deploy); e) Create images directory ($ mkdir images); f) Access to images directory ($ cd images); g) create your qemu folder, for example if you are testing qemux86 ($ mkdir qemux86); h) Access to qemux86 directory ($ cd qemux86) Note: you can avoid to download and copy here the files and directly download in this path, typing in this path the following command:

$ wget /webaddresofthe_Kernel_image

$ wget /webaddressof_the.tar.bz2 file

5. Go to build directory:

$ cd /home/youruser/poky/build<pre>

6. Extract the SDK, typing in a terminal the following command:
<pre>$ runqemu-extract-sdk tpm/deploy/images/qemux86/core-image-sato-sdk-qemux86.tar.bz2 rootfs

Note1: "rootfs" is referring to a directory going to be created, you can choose any name as you want. Note2: is it possible that the system will ask you to bitbake the system first. Then type in the terminal $ bitbake meta-ide-support (grab a cup of coffe, this process will take a while).

7. Type again in a terminal:

$ runqemu-extract-sdk tpm/deploy/images/qemux86/core-image-sato-sdk-qemux86.tar.bz2 rootfs 

8. Start the qemu machine with NFS:

$ runqemu nfs tmp/deploy/images/qemux86/<zimage>.bin/ rootfs

qemu machine should be launche after this comand.

9. From qemu open a terminal and type

$ poweroff

$ git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/qa-tools

Contributing to any of the yoctoproject.org repositories, including qa-tools, can be achieved with the Poky Contributions guidelines.