Hi folks,
The 2021.10 tag has been pushed to master on git.lavasoftware.org.
.deb packages have been built in GitLab CI and are published at
https://apt.lavasoftware.org/release
Docker images for amd64 and arm64 have been built in GitLab CI and
are available from
https://hub.lavasoftware.org/
and
https://hub.docker.com/u/lavasoftware
Changes in this release
==================
# Device-types
## New device-types
New supported devices:
* arduino-nano-33-ble
* imx8mp-ab2
* meson-sm1-odroid-c4
* pc-k10n78
## mt8192-asurada
mt8192-asurada as been renamed mt8192-asurada-rev1 to match the device-tree
name.
## FVP
In order to fix some issues with the secondary consoles that should be read
at all time, LAVA is now using a specific wrapper called `lava-outerr`.
The wrapper script consumes the sub-process std(out|err) as fast as
possible, keep the data in a buffer and written to std(out|err) whenever
possible.
## nrf52-nitrogen
Allow to set connect_before_flash. The value is False for backward
compatibility. You can set it in the device dictionary:
```jinja
{% set connect_before_flash = true %}
```
# External authentication
Since [2021.03](2021.03#authentication), LAVA can delegate the
authentication to GitLab using the `django-allauth` module.
This release add the possibility to use any supported [provider](
https://django-allauth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/providers.html).
In order to use it, add this to the configuration:
```yaml
AUTH_SOCIALACCOUNT: "{'gitlab':{'GITLAB_URL': 'https://gitlab.example.com
'}}"
```
See `django-allauth` documentation for the right parameters.
For background compatibility, `AUTH_GITLAB_URL` and `AUTH_GITLAB_SCOPE` are
still supported.
# Interactive tests
When running tests with LAVA test shell, LAVA will regularly read the
connections from the non-active namespaces. In the logs, this is called
"feedbacks". This is important for some device-types like fvp models.
Interactive tests are now also regularly reading the non-actives
connections to fix some issues with the fvp device-type.
# kexec
The kexec boot method is now able to crash the kernel to test the kdump
feature.
The job definition will look like:
```yaml
boot:
method: kexec
kernel: /home/vmlinux
dtb: /home/dtb
initrd: /home/initrd
command: /sbin/kexec
on_panic: true
boot_message: "Starting crashdump kernel"
prompts:
- 'root@debian:~#'
```
LAVA will use `--load-panic` instead of `--load` and will call `echo c >
/proc/sysrq-trigger` to force a kernel crash.
# Overlays
It's now possible to add single files to a given root file system (or
initrd) with the overlays feature.
The job definition should look like:
```yaml
rootfs:
image_arg: "-initrd {rootfs}"
url: "https://example.com/rootfs.cpio.zst"
compression: zstd
format: cpio.newc
overlays:
onefile:
url: https://example.com/file
format: file
path: /hello-world
```
# qemu and docker
The qemu-system packages included in the lava-dispatcher docker image are
now coming from bullseye-backports.
Rgds
--
Rémi Duraffort
LAVA and Tux Architect
Linaro
