Re: [ANN] Containers to run Netdev CI tests locally

[Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@kernel.org>]

Hi Hangbin,

On 04/09/2026 08:59, Hangbin Liu wrote:
> Hi Matthieu,
> 
> On Thu, Sep 03, 2026 at 06:19:25PM +0200, Matthieu Baerts wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> TL;DR: containers are now available with all dependencies to easily
>> execute all static, unit, and functional tests in an environment closed
>> to the Netdev CI one:
>>
>> - https://github.com/orgs/linux-netdev/packages
>>
>> - https://github.com/linux-netdev/nipa/wiki/Running-Netdev-CI-tests-locally
> 
> Great! I've been struggling to set up the local NIPA docker. I'm following
> the steps from your git commit description. Now this article saved me.

I'm glad it helped!

> Would you please add the article link to https://github.com/linux-netdev/nipa/wiki?
> I could not find it and assumed there was no docker setup documentation yet.
Good point, thanks, I forgot to update the parent page. Done!
I also just added a README in the "docker" folder.

Note that I'm also going to add a AGENTS.md file for those who would
find this useful.

Cheers,
Matt