GKernelCI

Gentoo kernel CI is Article description::an autonomous kernel building and testing system based on buildbot.

Contributors desiring a user account should reach out to Alicef.

Code
Contributions are welcome!

https://github.com/gentoo/Gentoo_kernelCI

Mirror of Gentoo's linux-patches on GitHub:

https://github.com/gentoo/linux-patches

Changelog
2017-12
 * auto cleaning feature

2017-08
 * Create qemu kernel testing image.
 * Build kernel upon github pull request and git push.
 * Updated buildbot to 0.9.7.
 * Added 4.12 4.11 4.10.
 * Added password file for keeping password safe.

Todo (if you have any ideas please add them here)

 * Testing kernel (more testing, more fun. Using more than one testing suite would be better)
 * Adding more Qemu architecture for testing the kernel on more architecture (qemu-system-arm for example)
 * Secure the failure trigger on failure (as now there are some false positive)
 * Mailing system (in progress)
 * Name the steps (in progress)
 * auto cleaning feature
 * Indicate which keywords have been tested and ready to stabilize

Using Github
With Github changes are immediate, there is no need to wait. The result is also display near the commit on GitHub.

Testing before committing
Send a pull request toward a branch with the needed changes to https://github.com/gentoo/linux-patches

Using Git
With git we are using a time check done every 10 minutes. So the build can take some time before starting.

Testing before committing
Making a branch like 4.11_001 will test the new commit in the new branch:

Change files:

Check buildbot that is building the pushed branch.

For removing the branch:

For removing a branch locally:

Stabilization
pushing files to git.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git will start to run some test for stabilizing the package.

enabled only for:

sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-*

If you want to add other packages please ask alicef.