coreboot-kgpe-d16/util/board_status
David Hendricks 588a72210d board_status: Tell user where to find output when results are uploaded
If results are uploaded the temporary directory in which they are
stored gets deleted, yet we currently point to the deleted directory in
the output.

This patch fixes it so that we point to the actual location in the local
repository where uploaded results are found.

Change-Id: I1f42c3296ec1d19fcfa4911307e07e67de289895
Signed-off-by: David Hendricks <david.hendricks@gmail.com>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/21415
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Martin Roth <martinroth@google.com>
2017-09-20 01:22:41 +00:00
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board_status.sh board_status: Tell user where to find output when results are uploaded 2017-09-20 01:22:41 +00:00
getrevision.sh
set_up_live_image.sh

README

General information on boot logs
================================
To gather good boot logs, you must set the debug level to Spew.

If your board uses CMOS configuration[1], you can do it like this:
nvramtool -w debug_level=Spew

Else you will need to have to set the default log level at compile
time, to do that go in "Console  --->" in make menuconfig, then set
"Default console log level" to SPEW

Reference:
----------
[1] in make menuconfig you should have: [*] Use CMOS for configuration values
    This option is also known as CONFIG_USE_OPTION_TABLE in Kconfig.
Information through SSH
======================
board_status.sh can gather information through ssh with the -r
option.

When using "-r <host>", The script will attempt to log into
root@<host>.
In order for "-r <host>" to work, the script has to be able
to log into the remote host's root account, without having
to provide a password.
That can be achieved with the use of SSH keys and ssh-agent.

board_status.sh expects the remote host to have the following
programs in its path: cbmem, dmesg

Boot log gathering through a serial port
=======================================
When using -s </dev/xxx>, board_status.sh starts by retrieving the
boot log through the serial port.

To produce such logs, power off the board, run board_status.sh
with the right arguments, power on the board.
At that point the logs will be displayed by board_status.sh as they
are produced by the board.

Enter will have to be pressed once the board has booted and is in a
state where the script is able to log into that board.

Publishing
==========
The -u switch will publish the results: It will make a git patch out
of the status information, that will be directly pushed in the
board-status repository.
It expects the user to already have an account in coreboot's gerrit
instance.