The first ever KernelCI hackfest
The KernelCI continuous-integration project held
its first hackfest recently. Developers from the KernelCI team,
Google, and Collabora worked to improve many different aspects of KernelCI
testing capabilities. There are plans for more hackfests.

The first-ever KernelCI hackfest was a success. It kicked off the work to enable kernel testing through Chromium OS, a product-specific userspace. Enabling full userspace images and real-world tests like video call simulations adds a lot of complexity to the testing process. However, the benefits are a clear win for the community. They allow a more thorough kernel testing and validation through real application use cases, which can exercise several different kernel areas at the same time in an organized manner. Generally, it is not simple for lower-level kernel test suites like kselftests or LTP to orchestrate a similar use case.