Re: [Qemu-devel] [qemu-web PATCH v2] Add GSoC/Outreachy 2018 retrospective blog post

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 06:55:07PM +0100, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 04:53:10PM +0000, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
> > ---
> > v2:
> >  * Added mentor names
> >  * Added additional details from Marc-André and Paolo
> > ---
> >  _posts/2019-01-23-internships-wrapup.md | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 79 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 _posts/2019-01-23-internships-wrapup.md
> > 
> > diff --git a/_posts/2019-01-23-internships-wrapup.md 
> > b/_posts/2019-01-23-internships-wrapup.md
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..fefcc2a
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/_posts/2019-01-23-internships-wrapup.md
> > @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
> > +---
> > +layout: post
> > +title:  "GSoC and Outreachy 2018 retrospective"
> > +date:   2019-01-23 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.
> > +
> > +This project was mentored by Jim Mussared, Joel Stanley, and Stefan 
> > Hajnoczi.
> > +
> > +## 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 <a href="https://patchew.org/";>patchew.org</a>.  They are not 
> > in
> > +use yet, pending more work on authentication; this may be the topic of a 
> > future
> > +Summer of Code internship.
> > +
> > +This project was mentored by Paolo Bonzini and Fam Zheng.
> > +
> > +## 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 <a
> > +href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Go4NEw0Ss";>presented at KVM Forum 
> > 2019
> 
> s/2019/2018

Thanks!

Thomas: Please s/KVM Forum 2019/KVM Forum 2018/ when merging.

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