Building a Boards Farm: Continuous Integration and Remote Control

Explore the process of building a boards farm for continuous integration and remote control in this 58-minute Linux Foundation conference talk. Dive into the KernelCI project, an automation tool for upstream Linux kernel trees, and learn how it detects regressions early. Discover the infrastructure design that allows contributors to add their own farms and boards for testing. Examine the communication between KernelCI and the farm using LAVA, and gain insights into the farm's design and its dual purpose for remote board control. Benefit from the speakers' experiences at Free Electrons, where they maintain ARM platforms and collaborate with ARM processor vendors. Learn about the importance of kernel continuous integration and its implementation in a practical setting.