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

[Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>]

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On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 03:50:05PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 03/01/19 16:33, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> > ---
> > Dear mentors,
> > Let's post an overview of what was achieved in GSoC/Outreachy 2018.  I
> > have populated a blog post with information available to me, but I'm
> > sure it can be improved to explain how the project went and the current
> > status.
> > 
> > Please let me know what should be changed, thanks!
> > ---
> >  _posts/2019-01-03-internships-wrapup.md | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 61 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 _posts/2019-01-03-internships-wrapup.md
> > 
> > diff --git a/_posts/2019-01-03-internships-wrapup.md b/_posts/2019-01-03-internships-wrapup.md
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..ec245e6
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/_posts/2019-01-03-internships-wrapup.md
> > @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
> > +---
> > +layout: post
> > +title:  "GSoC and Outreachy 2018 retrospective"
> > +date:   2019-01-03 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.
> > +
> > +## 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 http://patchew.org/.  They are not in use yet, pending more
> work on authentication; this may be the topic of a future Summer of Code
> internship.
> 
> > +## 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
> presented at KVM Forum 2019 by Laurent Vivier, Emanuele's mentor,  and
> should be merged in 4.0.

Thank you, I have included your feedback in v2.

Stefan

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