Re: [ANN] stmmac enters the Netdev CI

[Hangbin Liu <hangbin.liu@linux.dev>]

Hi Maxime,
On Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 11:07:16AM +0200, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> It's my pleasure to inform you that the stmmac driver now has a runner
> that feeds into the Netdev CI. It runs in a lab I maintain, and the results
> are hosted by Bootlin, accessible here :
> 
> https://netdevci.bootlin.com/stmmac/results.json
> 
> What that means is that now contributions will be subject to CI
> validation, by having the kernel selftests run on real hardware.
> 
> Results are already aggregated in the patchwork contest, and can also
> be found here :
> 
> https://netdev.bots.linux.dev/devices.html
> https://netdev.bots.linux.dev/status.html

Thanks for your update!

> 
> As stmmac is an off-the-shelf IP from Synopsys and is integrated in a lot
> of different platforms out there, the CI currently runs on 9 different
> boards that include the following SoCs :
> 
>  - Starfive JH7110, riscV, dwmac 5.20 (rgmii-id w/ YT8531 PHY)
>  - LoongSon 2K0300, Loongarch, dwmac 3.70a (rgmii-id w/ YT8531 PHY)
>  - Amlogic S905X, arm64, dwmac 3.70a (rgmii-txid w/ RTL8211F PHY)
>  - Rockchip RK3566, arm64, dwmac4.20a (rgmii-id w/ RTL8211F PHY)
>  - Altera AgileX5, arm64, dwxgmac 2.10 (rgmii-id w/ KSZ9031 PHY)
>  - Altera cycloneV, arm, dwmac 3.70a (rgmii-id w/ KSZ9031 PHY)
>  - ST stm32mp157a, arm, dwmac 4.20a (rgmii-id </ RTL8211F PHY)
>  - Allwinner A20, arm, dwmac1000 (rgmii-id w/ RTL8211E PHY)
>  - Allwinner H2+, arm, Allwinner specific version (mii w/ internal PHY)


I’m curious about how our lab is maintained. Do we stick to a single distro
across all machines, or reinstall systems periodically? And how are
reinstalls done, manually or via BMC?

Also, do we run all selftests via virtme-ng or docker? Does virtme-ng support
all the architectures?

Thanks
Hangbin