[PATCH v2 28/28] test: Add a test for booting Ubuntu 24.04

[Simon Glass]

Now that U-Boot can boot this quickly, using kvm, add a test that the
installer starts up correctly.

Use the qemu-x86_64 board in the SJG lab.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
---

Changes in v2:
- Add more patches to support booting with kvm
- Add new patch with a test for booting Ubuntu 24.04

 .gitlab-ci.yml               |  5 ++++
 test/py/tests/test_distro.py | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 58 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 test/py/tests/test_distro.py

diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8c49d5b0a79..ec799e97c10 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -745,3 +745,8 @@ zybo:
   variables:
     ROLE: zybo
   <<: *lab_dfn
+
+qemu-x86_64:
+  variables:
+    ROLE: qemu-x86_64
+  <<: *lab_dfn
diff --git a/test/py/tests/test_distro.py b/test/py/tests/test_distro.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..51eec45cecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/py/tests/test_distro.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+# Copyright 2025 Canonical Ltd.
+# Written by Simon Glass <simon.glass at canonical.com>
+
+import pytest
+
+DOWN = '\x1b\x5b\x42\x0d'
+
+# Enable early console so that the test can see if something goes wrong
+CONSOLE = 'earlycon=uart8250,io,0x3f8 console=uart8250,io,0x3f8'
+
+ at pytest.mark.boardspec('qemu-x86_64')
+ at pytest.mark.role('qemu-x86_64')
+def test_distro(ubman):
+    """Test that of-platdata can be generated and used in sandbox"""
+    with ubman.log.section('boot'):
+        ubman.run_command('boot', wait_for_prompt=False)
+
+    with ubman.log.section('Grub'):
+        # Wait for grub to come up and offset a menu
+        ubman.p.expect(['Try or Install Ubuntu'])
+
+        # Press 'e' to edit the command line
+        ubman.run_command('e', wait_for_prompt=False, send_nl=False)
+
+        # Wait until we see the editor appear
+        ubman.p.expect(['/casper/initrd'])
+
+        # Go down to the 'linux' line
+        ubman.send(DOWN * 3)
+
+        # Go to end of line
+        ubman.ctrl('E')
+
+        # Backspace to remove 'quiet splash'
+        ubman.send('\b' * len('quiet splash'))
+
+        # Send our noisy console
+        ubman.send(CONSOLE)
+
+        # Tell grub to boot
+        ubman.ctrl('X')
+        ubman.p.expect(['Booting a command list'])
+
+    with ubman.log.section('Linux'):
+        # Linux should start immediately
+        ubman.p.expect(['Linux version'])
+
+    with ubman.log.section('Ubuntu'):
+        # Shortly later, we should see this banner
+        ubman.p.expect(['Welcome to .*Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS.*!'])
+
+    ubman.restart_uboot()
-- 
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