Re: [PATCH 1/5] tests/boot_linux_console: Add initrd test for the Exynos4210

[Peter Maydell]

On Sat, 5 Oct 2019 at 16:47, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> This test boots a Linux kernel on a smdkc210 board and verify
> the serial output is working.
>
> The cpio image used comes from the linux-build-test project:
> https://github.com/groeck/linux-build-test

Thanks for putting this test case together, very helpful.

> +        initrd_url = ('https://github.com/groeck/linux-build-test/raw/'
> +                      '2eb0a73b5d5a28df3170c546ddaaa9757e1e0848/rootfs/'
> +                      'arm/rootfs-armv5.cpio.gz')

Do our other acceptance tests download random third-party
(ie "not a well-known distro") binaries for the tests ?
It seems a bit hazardous for reproducability and trustability
reasons...

thanks
-- PMM