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+# Functional test that boots a PReP/40p machine and checks its serial console.
+#
+# Copyright (c) Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <address@hidden>
+#
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+# later. See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+
+import os
+import logging
+
+from avocado import skipIf
+from avocado_qemu import Test
+
+
+class IbmPrep40pMachine(Test):
+
+ timeout = 60
+
+ # TODO refactor to MachineTest
+ def wait_for_console_pattern(self, success_message, failure_message=None):
+ """
+ Waits for messages to appear on the console, while logging the content
+
+ :param success_message: if this message appears, test succeeds
+ :param failure_message: if this message appears, test fails
+ """
+ console = self.vm.console_socket.makefile()
+ console_logger = logging.getLogger('console')
+ while True:
+ msg = console.readline().strip()
+ if not msg:
+ continue
+ console_logger.debug(msg)
+ if success_message in msg:
+ break
+ if failure_message and failure_message in msg:
+ fail = 'Failure message found in console: %s' % failure_message
+ self.fail(fail)
+
+ @skipIf(os.getenv('CONTINUOUS_INTEGRATION'), 'Running on Travis-CI')
+ def test_factory_firmware_and_netbsd(self):
+ """
+ :avocado: tags=arch:ppc
+ :avocado: tags=machine:40p
+ :avocado: tags=slowness:high
+ """
+ bios_url = ('ftp://ftp.boulder.ibm.com/rs6000/firmware/'
+ '7020-40p/P12H0456.IMG')
+ bios_hash = '1775face4e6dc27f3a6ed955ef6eb331bf817f03'
+ bios_path = self.fetch_asset(bios_url, asset_hash=bios_hash)
+ drive_url = ('https://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-archive/'
+ 'NetBSD-4.0/prep/installation/floppy/generic_com0.fs')
+ drive_hash = 'dbcfc09912e71bd5f0d82c7c1ee43082fb596ceb'
+ drive_path = self.fetch_asset(drive_url, asset_hash=drive_hash)
+
+ self.vm.set_machine('40p')
+ self.vm.set_console()
+ self.vm.add_args('-bios', bios_path,
+ '-fda', drive_path)
+ self.vm.launch()
+ os_banner = 'NetBSD 4.0 (GENERIC) #0: Sun Dec 16 00:49:40 PST 2007'
+ self.wait_for_console_pattern(os_banner)
+ self.wait_for_console_pattern('Model: IBM PPS Model 6015')