KVM-Autotest/TODO
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KVM-Autotest TODO list
Framework
- Multi host migration - 1 week to recap the patch that was sent by QA, improve on it, have an updated patch by then - lmr
Deadline: 09/15 - Could not meet it, has to postpone New tentative deadline: 09/22
- Libvirt integration - 1 week coordinating what it needs to be done, another 4 weeks (at least) implementing it - QA, lmr, mgoldish, help from libvirt developers
Deadline: 09/15 - Could not meet it, has to postpone New tentative deadline: 09/22
- Include support for host kernel install on the KVM default control file - Using autotest standard API to get it done - lmr
Tentative deadline: 09/22
- Enable "guest-load" for a VMs before/while tests are running (e.g. migration of a VM, while a movie is playing on it) [Michael]
- Add a way to shutdown the VMs when the whole job completes (compared to doing nothing or shutting-down after every test) [Michael]
- Random generated macaddress and ifname (BeiJing QE)
Client Side Test
- Using dnsmasq in unattended_install to replace userspace network with private bridge [Amos]
- Bonding test [Amos]
- If needed, write a netperf/iperf test [jasowang] [NEEDS MORE WORK]
- pxe boot * net types [BeiJing QE]
- Further migration [BeiJing QE]
- Multiple nics [BeiJing QE]
- multiple disks [BeiJing QE]
- -vga stg, nographics
- Verify SMBIOS/DMI data (UUID, for example) [Yolkfull]
- Disk serial number (for IDE, SCSI, VirtIO drives) [Yolkfull]
- Test block device cancellation path using device mapper to generate errors ( after we had a crash in de_write_dma_cb)
- Extend pci_assignable to support other PCI devices (USB, video cards, TV card etc)
- Different CPU flags support [BeiJing QE]
- Use private bridge and dnsmasq to do the unattended installation [BeiJing QE]
- Passthrough the perf keys of run_autotest to autotest server [BeiJing QE]
Server Side Tests
- Run netperf test between two guests [Yolkfull]
- Migration with/without workload(dbench,lmbench etc) [Yolkfull]
- Register the virtual machine into autotest server and run benchmark through autotest server [BeiJing QE]
Misc
- Add docstrings to all functions that still lack them, including the ones in stepmaker.py, stepeditor.py and kvm_tests.py [Michael]
- Document the setupssh.iso and setuptelnet.iso creation procedures in the wiki
- Rename all Windows ISOs currently used to their official MSDN names
- Fill the sections "Working with step files" and "Step file creation tips" in the wiki [Michael]
Bugs
- Please open bugs on the [autotest defect tracking system]