Posts in 2021
KernelCI Hackfests
Monday, September 20, 2021 in Posts
KernelCI hackfests span over a few days during which a number of contributors get together to focus on upstream Linux kernel testing. So far, mainly kernel and automated test system developers have been taking part in the hackfests but anyone is …
The first ever KernelCI hackfest
Thursday, June 24, 2021 in Posts
The first KernelCI test development and coverage hackfest took place from 27th May to 4th June 2021. For a total of seven days, developers from the KernelCI team, Google, and Collabora worked to improve many different aspects of KernelCI testing …
Looking back, looking forward
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 in Posts
2020 was the first year of the KernelCI project under the Linux Foundation and has been an interesting one. Maybe slightly less “interesting” than the rest of the world-changing events of 2020, but it’s still been an adventure. This article aims to …
Posts in 2020
Notes from OSS/ELC Europe 2020
Thursday, November 05, 2020 in Posts
The OSS/ELC Europe 2020 conference took place online from 26th to 28th October. There was one BoF session and one talk about KernelCI, followed by an impromptu video call. The notes below were gathered based on these events. BoF: Lessons Learned …
Notes from Plumbers 2020
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 in Posts
The Linux Plumbers Conference 2020 was held as a virtual event this year. The online platform provided a really good experience, with talks and live discussions using Big Blue Button for the video and Rocket Chat for text-based discussions. KernelCI …
Introducing Common Reporting
Friday, August 21, 2020 in Posts
During the past year we’ve been working on a way to bring reports from all the separate kernel testing systems together. Our aim is to send a single report email to kernel developers when testing results are ready, and to provide a single go-to …
Community Survey Report
Thursday, July 09, 2020 in Posts
We are thrilled to share with you the results of our first KernelCI Community Survey. It has been a very interesting experience, with just under 100 responses from people who all provided quality feedback. We are really thankful for every single one …
Posts in 2019
The New Stack
Monday, November 11, 2019 in News
Testing software can present difficulties enough on its own, but when you’re talking about the Linux kernel - that piece of software that directly interfaces with hardware - there are innumerable more complexities added to the scenario. One of those …