linux-kernel - [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 162/212] kunit: tool: Use qboot on QEMU x86

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Message-Id: <20250505230624.2692522-162-sashal@kernel.org>
Date: Mon,  5 May 2025 19:05:34 -0400
From: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>,
	David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
	brendan.higgins@...ux.dev,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
	kunit-dev@...glegroups.com
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 162/212] kunit: tool: Use qboot on QEMU x86_64

From: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>

[ Upstream commit 08fafac4c9f289a9d9a22d838921e4b3eb22c664 ]

As noted in [0], SeaBIOS (QEMU default) makes a mess of the terminal,
qboot does not.

It turns out this is actually useful with kunit.py, since the user is
exposed to this issue if they set --raw_output=all.

qboot is also faster than SeaBIOS, but it's is marginal for this
usecase.

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+i-1C0wYb-gZ8Mwh3WSVpbk-LF-Uo+njVbASJPe1WXDURoV7A@mail.gmail.com/

Both SeaBIOS and qboot are x86-specific.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250124-kunit-qboot-v1-1-815e4d4c6f7c@google.com
Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>
Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 tools/testing/kunit/qemu_configs/x86_64.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/kunit/qemu_configs/x86_64.py b/tools/testing/kunit/qemu_configs/x86_64.py
index dc79490768630..4a6bf4e048f5b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/kunit/qemu_configs/x86_64.py
+++ b/tools/testing/kunit/qemu_configs/x86_64.py
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y''',
 			   qemu_arch='x86_64',
 			   kernel_path='arch/x86/boot/bzImage',
 			   kernel_command_line='console=ttyS0',
-			   extra_qemu_params=[])
+			   # qboot is faster than SeaBIOS and doesn't mess up
+			   # the terminal.
+			   extra_qemu_params=['-bios', 'qboot.rom'])
-- 
2.39.5