Nagendra,
I don't think NFS deployment in LAVA works as you expect. It's meant
for boards that use the whole rootfs mounted from NFS, not just part
of it. As far as I'm aware it's mostly used for deploying from TFTP
(kernel, ramdisk, dtb) where rootfs is required:
https://master.lavasoftware.org/static/docs/v2/actions-deploy.html#index-23.
Best Regards,
Milosz
On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 7:56 AM Nagendra Singamsetti
<nag.singam91@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Milosz,
>
> Fortunately, I am able to run NFS client services on DUT and was able to access mount directories(created one directory under /home/) of the worker(configured as NFS server) manually. This process I have tried without LAVA.
>
> In the earlier mail chain, you have shared the transfer_overlay method as below which can be supported for udhcpc. Can you please point me to the job definition for nfs mount option. That would be a great help !!
> - boot:
> ...
> transfer_overlay:
> download_command: udhcpc;cd /home ; wget
> unpack_command: tar -C -xzf
>
> Note: As my rootfs file system is read only access and limited RAM space(2.5 MB) available I can't use udhcpc/tar but I am assuming the NFS mount option will work here.
>
> thanks
>
> Regards,
> Nagendra S
>
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 3:20 PM Milosz Wasilewski <milosz.wasilewski@foundries.io> wrote:
>>
>> Nagendra,
>>
>> It really sounds like a missing feature, doesn't it? It should be
>> possible to manually add overlay to your build (or at least have means
>> for doing it). @Remi, @Antonio, @Stevan - how much effort would it
>> take to add such feature? The use case is:
>> - download your images using 'downloads'
>> - prepare overlay
>> - expose overlay path so user can add overlay to the image(s) in
>> dockerize postprocess.
>> I would gladly use it as downloading and decompressing overlay takes
>> ages on some of my boards.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Milosz
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 10:41 AM Nagendra Singamsetti
>> <nag.singam91@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Milosz,
>> >
>> > I have tried Interactive test method for small test suite (5-10 testcases). And true, Interactive test can't generate overlay. But my actual suite contains more than 200 testcases. And for each testcase execution have to invoke the command in job description as a name: command: in interactive test module looks tricky for me to maintain . that's why i am looking for alternate solution!!.
>> >
>> > Thanks Milosz for your time and support :)
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Nagendra S
>> >
>> > On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 1:28 PM Milosz Wasilewski <milosz.wasilewski@foundries.io> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 7:25 PM Nagendra Singamsetti
>> >> <nag.singam91@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks Milosz !! for the quick response.
>> >> >
>> >> > As you mention in the earlier comment --> The only other option I found is applying overlay using "download"
>> >> > action. This only works for: "cpio (newc format) and ext4 images
>> >> >
>> >> > You mean, if I build a root file system with ext4 format(like boot from SD-Ext4 ) will it help out? If So, Can you please point me to the sample job description for my reference.
>> >>
>> >> I haven't used it for a long time so I don't remember exactly how to
>> >> do that, sorry :(
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > And Is interactive method suites in this case. Becz DUT having limitation of using lava-test-shell/monitor methods to test my suite from LAVA.
>> >> > My End goal here is LAVA test method should pick up/phrase the pass/fail returns from the test return values.
>> >>
>> >> hmm, have you tried it? I don't think interactive test generates an
>> >> overlay as it's executed from the worker (over serial) rather than
>> >> from shell.
>> >>
>> >> Best Regards,
>> >> Milosz
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > Regards
>> >> > Nagendra S
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 11:28 PM Milosz Wasilewski <milosz.wasilewski@foundries.io> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 6:15 PM Milosz Wasilewski
>> >> >> <milosz.wasilewski@foundries.io> wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 5:33 PM Nagendra Singamsetti
>> >> >> > <nag.singam91@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > > Hi Milosz,
>> >> >> > > I wasn't able to download an overlay over HTTP(wget or curl) due to my board(DUT) can't support the network drivers(not developed as of now).
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > > I am curious to now, How to modify my rootfs in a LAVA job to include overlay. Can you please share with me the sample job/supported device-type jinja2. (or) Is any recipe available in yocto to make this possible as i am using yocto as a build tool to generate images and OS --> Linux 5.4.25-yocto-standard
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Overlay is applied in deployment. Here is a (almost) full list:
>> >> >> > https://master.lavasoftware.org/static/docs/v2/actions-deploy.html
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Not all deployment methods support rootfs modifications. I think (I
>> >> >> > didn't try so I'm not 100% sure) you could download your images using
>> >> >> > 'downloads' deployment. Add overlay using docker postprocessing. After
>> >> >> > this flash the images to your device as usual. How exactly would this
>> >> >> > be done, I don't know. Example deployment with postprocessing would
>> >> >> > look like this:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > - deploy:
>> >> >> > to: downloads # this is correct. There are 2 similar deployments:
>> >> >> > download; downloads
>> >> >> > images:
>> >> >> > image:
>> >> >> > url: your_image.wic.gz
>> >> >> > compression: gz
>> >> >> > postprocess:
>> >> >> > docker:
>> >> >> > image: docker_image_name # this can come from hub.docker.io
>> >> >> > or some other registry
>> >> >> > steps:
>> >> >> > - shell script step1
>> >> >> > - shell script step2
>> >> >> > ...
>> >> >> > - deploy:
>> >> >> > to: flasher # or some other method. I'm using flasher with my devices
>> >> >> > images:
>> >> >> > image:
>> >> >> > url: downloads://your_image.wic
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > As I wrote, I didn't try this so this is just speculation. How to
>> >> >> > access overlay (if it's possible?) in the postprocess remains an open
>> >> >> > question. I'll ask Antonio, maybe he has an example.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I took a quick look at the code and I don't think this is possible.
>> >> >> There are 2 issues here:
>> >> >> 1. postprocess steps happens before overlay is prepared
>> >> >> 2. you could apply overlay in flasher script but there is no way to
>> >> >> get the path from LAVA
>> >> >> This would be possible but requires changes in LAVA. At least this is
>> >> >> how I understand the code. LAVA would need to extract "file" from
>> >> >> "compress-overlay" namespace and expose it to a custom script (via env
>> >> >> variable for example).
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The only other option I found is applying overlay using "download"
>> >> >> action. This only works for: "cpio (newc format) and ext4 images".
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Best Regards,
>> >> >> Milosz
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Best Regards,
>> >> >> > Milosz
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > > Thanks,
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > > Regards
>> >> >> > > Nagendra S
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 8:22 PM Milosz Wasilewski <milosz.wasilewski@foundries.io> wrote:
>> >> >> > >>
>> >> >> > >> On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 3:20 PM Nagendra Singamsetti
>> >> >> > >> <nag.singam91@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> > >> >
>> >> >> > >> > Hi Team,
>> >> >> > >> >
>> >> >> > >> > I had a Query which is particularly to use lava-test-shell or other binaries like lava-test-runner.
>> >> >> > >> >
>> >> >> > >> > My board is booted with Linux and It has a POSIX environment but it doesn't support either ssh/nfs due to the low memory footprint available and the ethernet driver not fully functional.
>> >> >> > >> >
>> >> >> > >> > To test/run my test-suite drivers How can I use lava-test-runner/ lava-test-shell ? Is it possible to test our suite using lava-test-shell/runner where DUT doesn't have the ethernet/nfs support.
>> >> >> > >> > I am getting lava-test-shell timeout on the DUT console whereas Lava-worker had all the binaries available by lava-overlay method.
>> >> >> > >>
>> >> >> > >> Are you able to download overlay over HTTP (with wget or curl)? This
>> >> >> > >> is done in boot section:
>> >> >> > >>
>> >> >> > >> - boot:
>> >> >> > >> ...
>> >> >> > >> transfer_overlay:
>> >> >> > >> download_command: cd /home ; wget
>> >> >> > >> unpack_command: tar -C -xzf
>> >> >> > >>
>> >> >> > >> Without transfer_overlay you would need to modify your rootfs in a
>> >> >> > >> LAVA job to include overlay. Depending on your OS it might be easy,
>> >> >> > >> hard or impossible (if the image is signed for example).
>> >> >> > >>
>> >> >> > >> Best Regards,
>> >> >> > >> Milosz
>> >> >> > >>
>> >> >> > >> >
>> >> >> > >> > Please find the attached test job definition/lava-job log files for your reference. Kindly let me know the solution.
>> >> >> > >> >
>> >> >> > >> >
>> >> >> > >> >
>> >> >> > >> >
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