Re: [Qemu-devel] [qemu-web PATCH v2] Add GSoC/Outreachy 2018 retrospective blog post

[Thomas Huth]

On 2019-01-23 21:27, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 06:55:07PM +0100, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 04:53:10PM +0000, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
>>> ---
>>> v2:
>>>  * Added mentor names
>>>  * Added additional details from Marc-André and Paolo
>>> ---
>>>  _posts/2019-01-23-internships-wrapup.md | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 79 insertions(+)
>>>  create mode 100644 _posts/2019-01-23-internships-wrapup.md
>>>
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>>> +---
>>> +layout: post
>>> +title:  "GSoC and Outreachy 2018 retrospective"
>>> +date:   2019-01-23 07:50:00 +0100
>>> +categories: [gsoc, outreachy, internships]
>>> +---
>>> +QEMU participates in open source internship programs including Google 
>>> Summer of
>>> +Code (GSoC) and Outreachy.  These full-time remote work opportunities allow
>>> +talented new developers to get involved in our community.  This post 
>>> highlights
>>> +what our interns achieved in 2018.
>>> +
>>> +## micro:bit board emulation
>>> +
>>> +Julia Suvorova (Outreachy) and Steffen Görtz (GSoC) tackled adding 
>>> emulation
>>> +support for the [micro:bit ARM board](https://microbit.org/).  Although 
>>> QEMU
>>> +already has plenty of ARM emulation code, the Cortex-M0 CPU used in the
>>> +micro:bit was not yet implemented and the nRF51 system-on-chip was also
>>> +missing.
>>> +
>>> +The goal of this project was to run micro:bit programs (usually created 
>>> with
>>> +the [MicroPython](https://python.microbit.org/v/1.1) or
>>> +[Javascript/Blocks](https://makecode.microbit.org/) IDEs) with a core set 
>>> of
>>> +emulated devices, including the serial port, pushbuttons, and LEDs.
>>> +
>>> +QEMU 3.1 already shipped the groundwork for the new `qemu-system-arm -M
>>> +microbit` machine type.  Enough functionality to run basic micro:bit 
>>> programs
>>> +is expected in the next QEMU release.
>>> +
>>> +This project was mentored by Jim Mussared, Joel Stanley, and Stefan 
>>> Hajnoczi.
>>> +
>>> +## Patchew REST API improvements
>>> +
>>> +Shubham Jain (GSoC) created a REST API for the Patchew continuous 
>>> integration
>>> +system that is at the heart of QEMU's development process.  The previous 
>>> API
>>> +was not RESTful and exposed database schema internals.
>>> +
>>> +The improvements to the REST API have been included into Patchew and are
>>> +deployed on <a href="https://patchew.org/";>patchew.org</a>.  They are not 
>>> in
>>> +use yet, pending more work on authentication; this may be the topic of a 
>>> future
>>> +Summer of Code internship.
>>> +
>>> +This project was mentored by Paolo Bonzini and Fam Zheng.
>>> +
>>> +## Qtest Driver Framework
>>> +
>>> +Emanuele Esposito (GSoC) enhanced QEMU's test infrastructure with an engine
>>> +that starts tests with all variants of devices that they are capable of
>>> +driving.
>>> +
>>> +This is a complicated task in QEMU since certain devices and busses are
>>> +available in an architecture-specific way on each emulation target, making 
>>> it
>>> +hard to write test cases without lots of hardcoded dependencies - and to 
>>> keep
>>> +them up-to-date!
>>> +
>>> +The qgraph framework that Emanuele created eliminates the need to hardcode 
>>> each
>>> +variant into the test.  Emanuele also converted several existing tests.  
>>> His
>>> +framework was also <a
>>> +href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Go4NEw0Ss";>presented at KVM Forum 
>>> 2019
>>
>> s/2019/2018
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Thomas: Please s/KVM Forum 2019/KVM Forum 2018/ when merging.

Fixed and pushed:
https://www.qemu.org/2019/01/23/internships-wrapup/

 Thanks!
  Thomas

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