sphinx: initial sphinx support

This commit is autogenerated pandoc to generate an inital set
of reST files based on DocBook XML files.

A .rst file is generated for each .xml files in all manuals with this
command:

cd <manual>
for i in *.xml; do \
  pandoc -f docbook -t rst --shift-heading-level-by=-1 \
  $i -o $(basename $i .xml).rst \
done

The conversion was done with: pandoc 2.9.2.1-91 (Arch Linux).

Also created an initial top level index file for each document, and
added all 'books' to the top leve index.rst file.

The YP manuals layout is organized as:

Book
  Chapter
    Section
      Section
        Section

Sphinx uses section headers to create the document structure.
ReStructuredText defines sections headers like that:

   To break longer text up into sections, you use section headers. These
   are a single line of text (one or more words) with adornment: an
   underline alone, or an underline and an overline together, in dashes
   "-----", equals "======", tildes "~~~~~~" or any of the
   non-alphanumeric characters = - ` : ' " ~ ^ _ * + # < > that you feel
   comfortable with. An underline-only adornment is distinct from an
   overline-and-underline adornment using the same character. The
   underline/overline must be at least as long as the title text. Be
   consistent, since all sections marked with the same adornment style
   are deemed to be at the same level:

Let's define the following convention when converting from Docbook:

Book                => overline ===   (Title)
  Chapter           => overline ***   (1.)
    Section         => ====           (1.1)
      Section       => ----           (1.1.1)
        Section     => ~~~~           (1.1.1.1)
          Section   => ^^^^           (1.1.1.1.1)

During the conversion with pandoc, we used --shift-heading-level=-1 to
convert most of DocBook headings automatically. However with this
setting, the Chapter header was removed, so I added it back
manually. Without this setting all headings were off by one, which was
more difficult to manually fix.

At least with this change, we now have the same TOC with Sphinx and
DocBook.

(From yocto-docs rev: 3c73d64a476d4423ee4c6808c685fa94d88d7df8)

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dechesne <nicolas.dechesne@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

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+*****************************************
+The Yocto Project Test Environment Manual
+*****************************************
+
+.. _test-welcome:
+
+Welcome
+=======
+
+Welcome to the Yocto Project Test Environment Manual! This manual is a
+work in progress. The manual contains information about the testing
+environment used by the Yocto Project to make sure each major and minor
+release works as intended. All the project’s testing infrastructure and
+processes are publicly visible and available so that the community can
+see what testing is being performed, how it’s being done and the current
+status of the tests and the project at any given time. It is intended
+that Other organizations can leverage off the process and testing
+environment used by the Yocto Project to create their own automated,
+production test environment, building upon the foundations from the
+project core.
+
+Currently, the Yocto Project Test Environment Manual has no projected
+release date. This manual is a work-in-progress and is being initially
+loaded with information from the `README <>`__ files and notes from key
+engineers:
+
+-  *``yocto-autobuilder2``:* This
+   ```README.md`` <http://git.yoctoproject.org/clean/cgit.cgi/yocto-autobuilder2/tree/README.md>`__
+   is the main README which detials how to set up the Yocto Project
+   Autobuilder. The ``yocto-autobuilder2`` repository represents the
+   Yocto Project's console UI plugin to Buildbot and the configuration
+   necessary to configure Buildbot to perform the testing the project
+   requires.
+
+-  *``yocto-autobuilder-helper``:* This
+   ```README`` <http://git.yoctoproject.org/clean/cgit.cgi/yocto-autobuilder-helper/tree/README>`__
+   and repository contains Yocto Project Autobuilder Helper scripts and
+   configuration. The ``yocto-autobuilder-helper`` repository contains
+   the "glue" logic that defines which tests to run and how to run them.
+   As a result, it can be used by any Continuous Improvement (CI) system
+   to run builds, support getting the correct code revisions, configure
+   builds and layers, run builds, and collect results. The code is
+   independent of any CI system, which means the code can work Buildbot,
+   Jenkins, or others. This repository has a branch per release of the
+   project defining the tests to run on a per release basis.
+
+.. _test-yocto-project-autobuilder-overview:
+
+Yocto Project Autobuilder Overview
+==================================
+
+The Yocto Project Autobuilder collectively refers to the software,
+tools, scripts, and procedures used by the Yocto Project to test
+released software across supported hardware in an automated and regular
+fashion. Basically, during the development of a Yocto Project release,
+the Autobuilder tests if things work. The Autobuilder builds all test
+targets and runs all the tests.
+
+The Yocto Project uses now uses standard upstream
+`Buildbot <https://docs.buildbot.net/0.9.15.post1/>`__ (version 9) to
+drive its integration and testing. Buildbot Nine has a plug-in interface
+that the Yocto Project customizes using code from the
+``yocto-autobuilder2`` repository, adding its own console UI plugin. The
+resulting UI plug-in allows you to visualize builds in a way suited to
+the project's needs.
+
+A ``helper`` layer provides configuration and job management through
+scripts found in the ``yocto-autobuilder-helper`` repository. The
+``helper`` layer contains the bulk of the build configuration
+information and is release-specific, which makes it highly customizable
+on a per-project basis. The layer is CI system-agnostic and contains a
+number of Helper scripts that can generate build configurations from
+simple JSON files.
+
+.. note::
+
+   The project uses Buildbot for historical reasons but also because
+   many of the project developers have knowledge of python. It is
+   possible to use the outer layers from another Continuous Integration
+   (CI) system such as
+   `Jenkins <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenkins_(software)>`__
+   instead of Buildbot.
+
+The following figure shows the Yocto Project Autobuilder stack with a
+topology that includes a controller and a cluster of workers:
+
+.. _test-project-tests:
+
+Yocto Project Tests - Types of Testing Overview
+===============================================
+
+The Autobuilder tests different elements of the project by using
+thefollowing types of tests:
+
+-  *Build Testing:* Tests whether specific configurations build by
+   varying ```MACHINE`` <&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-MACHINE>`__,
+   ```DISTRO`` <&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-DISTRO>`__, other configuration
+   options, and the specific target images being built (or world). Used
+   to trigger builds of all the different test configurations on the
+   Autobuilder. Builds usually cover many different targets for
+   different architectures, machines, and distributions, as well as
+   different configurations, such as different init systems. The
+   Autobuilder tests literally hundreds of configurations and targets.
+
+   -  *Sanity Checks During the Build Process:* Tests initiated through
+      the ```insane`` <&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#ref-classes-insane>`__
+      class. These checks ensure the output of the builds are correct.
+      For example, does the ELF architecture in the generated binaries
+      match the target system? ARM binaries would not work in a MIPS
+      system!
+
+-  *Build Performance Testing:* Tests whether or not commonly used steps
+   during builds work efficiently and avoid regressions. Tests to time
+   commonly used usage scenarios are run through ``oe-build-perf-test``.
+   These tests are run on isolated machines so that the time
+   measurements of the tests are accurate and no other processes
+   interfere with the timing results. The project currently tests
+   performance on two different distributions, Fedora and Ubuntu, to
+   ensure we have no single point of failure and can ensure the
+   different distros work effectively.
+
+-  *eSDK Testing:* Image tests initiated through the following command:
+   $ bitbake image -c testsdkext The tests utilize the ``testsdkext``
+   class and the ``do_testsdkext`` task.
+
+-  *Feature Testing:* Various scenario-based tests are run through the
+   `OpenEmbedded
+   Self-Test <&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#testing-and-quality-assurance>`__
+   (oe-selftest). We test oe-selftest on each of the main distrubutions
+   we support.
+
+-  *Image Testing:* Image tests initiated through the following command:
+   $ bitbake image -c testimage The tests utilize the
+   ```testimage*`` <&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#ref-classes-testimage*>`__
+   classes and the
+   ```do_testimage`` <&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#ref-tasks-testimage>`__ task.
+
+-  *Layer Testing:* The Autobuilder has the possibility to test whether
+   specific layers work with the test of the system. The layers tested
+   may be selected by members of the project. Some key community layers
+   are also tested periodically.
+
+-  *Package Testing:* A Package Test (ptest) runs tests against packages
+   built by the OpenEmbedded build system on the target machine. See the
+   "`Testing Packages With
+   ptest <&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#testing-packages-with-ptest>`__" section
+   in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual and the
+   "`Ptest <&YOCTO_WIKI_URL;/wiki/Ptest>`__" Wiki page for more
+   information on Ptest.
+
+-  *SDK Testing:* Image tests initiated through the following command: $
+   bitbake image -c testsdk The tests utilize the
+   ```testsdk`` <&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#ref-classes-testsdk>`__ class and
+   the ``do_testsdk`` task.
+
+-  *Unit Testing:* Unit tests on various components of the system run
+   through ``oe-selftest`` and
+   ```bitbake-selftest`` <&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#testing-and-quality-assurance>`__.
+
+-  *Automatic Upgrade Helper:* This target tests whether new versions of
+   software are available and whether we can automatically upgrade to
+   those new versions. If so, this target emails the maintainers with a
+   patch to let them know this is possible.
+
+.. _test-test-mapping:
+
+How Tests Map to Areas of Code
+==============================
+
+Tests map into the codebase as follows:
+
+-  *bitbake-selftest*:
+
+   These tests are self-contained and test BitBake as well as its APIs,
+   which include the fetchers. The tests are located in
+   ``bitbake/lib/*/tests``.
+
+   From within the BitBake repository, run the following: $
+   bitbake-selftest
+
+   To skip tests that access the Internet, use the ``BB_SKIP_NETTEST``
+   variable when running "bitbake-selftest" as follows: $
+   BB_SKIP_NETTEST=yes bitbake-selftest
+
+   The default output is quiet and just prints a summary of what was
+   run. To see more information, there is a verbose option:$
+   bitbake-selftest -v
+
+   Use this option when you wish to skip tests that access the network,
+   which are mostly necessary to test the fetcher modules. To specify
+   individual test modules to run, append the test module name to the
+   "bitbake-selftest" command. For example, to specify the tests for the
+   bb.data.module, run: $ bitbake-selftest bb.test.data.moduleYou can
+   also specify individual tests by defining the full name and module
+   plus the class path of the test, for example: $ bitbake-selftest
+   bb.tests.data.TestOverrides.test_one_override
+
+   The tests are based on `Python
+   unittest <https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html>`__.
+
+-  *oe-selftest*:
+
+   -  These tests use OE to test the workflows, which include testing
+      specific features, behaviors of tasks, and API unit tests.
+
+   -  The tests can take advantage of parallelism through the "-j"
+      option, which can specify a number of threads to spread the tests
+      across. Note that all tests from a given class of tests will run
+      in the same thread. To parallelize large numbers of tests you can
+      split the class into multiple units.
+
+   -  The tests are based on Python unittest.
+
+   -  The code for the tests resides in
+      ``meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/``.
+
+   -  To run all the tests, enter the following command: $ oe-selftest
+      -a
+
+   -  To run a specific test, use the following command form where
+      testname is the name of the specific test: $ oe-selftest -r
+      testname For example, the following command would run the tinfoil
+      getVar API test:$ oe-selftest -r
+      tinfoil.TinfoilTests.test_getvarIt is also possible to run a set
+      of tests. For example the following command will run all of the
+      tinfoil tests:$ oe-selftest -r tinfoil
+
+-  *testimage:*
+
+   -  These tests build an image, boot it, and run tests against the
+      image's content.
+
+   -  The code for these tests resides in
+      ``meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/``.
+
+   -  You need to set the
+      ```IMAGE_CLASSES`` <&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-IMAGE_CLASSES>`__
+      variable as follows: IMAGE_CLASSES += "testimage"
+
+   -  Run the tests using the following command form: $ bitbake image -c
+      testimage
+
+-  *testsdk:*
+
+   -  These tests build an SDK, install it, and then run tests against
+      that SDK.
+
+   -  The code for these tests resides in ``meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/``.
+
+   -  Run the test using the following command form: $ bitbake image -c
+      testsdk
+
+-  *testsdk_ext:*
+
+   -  These tests build an extended SDK (eSDK), install that eSDK, and
+      run tests against the eSDK.
+
+   -  The code for these tests resides in ``meta/lib/oeqa/esdk``.
+
+   -  To run the tests, use the following command form: $ bitbake image
+      -c testsdkext
+
+-  *oe-build-perf-test:*
+
+   -  These tests run through commonly used usage scenarios and measure
+      the performance times.
+
+   -  The code for these tests resides in ``meta/lib/oeqa/buildperf``.
+
+   -  To run the tests, use the following command form: $
+      oe-build-perf-test optionsThe command takes a number of options,
+      such as where to place the test results. The Autobuilder Helper
+      Scripts include the ``build-perf-test-wrapper`` script with
+      examples of how to use the oe-build-perf-test from the command
+      line.
+
+      Use the ``oe-git-archive`` command to store test results into a
+      Git repository.
+
+      Use the ``oe-build-perf-report`` command to generate text reports
+      and HTML reports with graphs of the performance data. For
+      examples, see
+      `http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-2.7/testresults/buildperf-centos7/perf-centos7.yoctoproject.org_warrior_20190414204758_0e39202.html <#>`__
+      and
+      `http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-2.7/testresults/buildperf-centos7/perf-centos7.yoctoproject.org_warrior_20190414204758_0e39202.txt <#>`__.
+
+   -  The tests are contained in ``lib/oeqa/buildperf/test_basic.py``.
+
+Test Examples
+=============
+
+This section provides example tests for each of the tests listed in the
+`How Tests Map to Areas of Code <#test-test-mapping>`__ section.
+
+For oeqa tests, testcases for each area reside in the main test
+directory at ``meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases`` directory.
+
+For oe-selftest. bitbake testcases reside in the ``lib/bb/tests/``
+directory.
+
+.. _bitbake-selftest-example:
+
+``bitbake-selftest``
+--------------------
+
+A simple test example from ``lib/bb/tests/data.py`` is: class
+DataExpansions(unittest.TestCase): def setUp(self): self.d =
+bb.data.init() self.d["foo"] = "value_of_foo" self.d["bar"] =
+"value_of_bar" self.d["value_of_foo"] = "value_of_'value_of_foo'" def
+test_one_var(self): val = self.d.expand("${foo}")
+self.assertEqual(str(val), "value_of_foo")
+
+In this example, a ```DataExpansions`` <>`__ class of tests is created,
+derived from standard python unittest. The class has a common ``setUp``
+function which is shared by all the tests in the class. A simple test is
+then added to test that when a variable is expanded, the correct value
+is found.
+
+Bitbake selftests are straightforward python unittest. Refer to the
+Python unittest documentation for additional information on writing
+these tests at: `https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html <#>`__.
+
+.. _oe-selftest-example:
+
+``oe-selftest``
+---------------
+
+These tests are more complex due to the setup required behind the scenes
+for full builds. Rather than directly using Python's unittest, the code
+wraps most of the standard objects. The tests can be simple, such as
+testing a command from within the OE build environment using the
+following example:class BitbakeLayers(OESelftestTestCase): def
+test_bitbakelayers_showcrossdepends(self): result =
+runCmd('bitbake-layers show-cross-depends') self.assertTrue('aspell' in
+result.output, msg = "No dependencies were shown. bitbake-layers
+show-cross-depends output: %s"% result.output)
+
+This example, taken from ``meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bblayers.py``,
+creates a testcase from the ```OESelftestTestCase`` <>`__ class, derived
+from ``unittest.TestCase``, which runs the ``bitbake-layers`` command
+and checks the output to ensure it contains something we know should be
+here.
+
+The ``oeqa.utils.commands`` module contains Helpers which can assist
+with common tasks, including:
+
+-  *Obtaining the value of a bitbake variable:* Use
+   ``oeqa.utils.commands.get_bb_var()`` or use
+   ``oeqa.utils.commands.get_bb_vars()`` for more than one variable
+
+-  *Running a bitbake invocation for a build:* Use
+   ``oeqa.utils.commands.bitbake()``
+
+-  *Running a command:* Use ``oeqa.utils.commandsrunCmd()``
+
+There is also a ``oeqa.utils.commands.runqemu()`` function for launching
+the ``runqemu`` command for testing things within a running, virtualized
+image.
+
+You can run these tests in parallel. Parallelism works per test class,
+so tests within a given test class should always run in the same build,
+while tests in different classes or modules may be split into different
+builds. There is no data store available for these tests since the tests
+launch the ``bitbake`` command and exist outside of its context. As a
+result, common bitbake library functions (bb.*) are also unavailable.
+
+.. _testimage-example:
+
+``testimage``
+-------------
+
+These tests are run once an image is up and running, either on target
+hardware or under QEMU. As a result, they are assumed to be running in a
+target image environment, as opposed to a host build environment. A
+simple example from ``meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/python.py`` contains
+the following:class PythonTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
+@OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh']) @OEHasPackage(['python3-core'])
+def test_python3(self): cmd = "python3 -c \\"import codecs;
+print(codecs.encode('Uryyb, jbeyq', 'rot13'))\"" status, output =
+self.target.run(cmd) msg = 'Exit status was not 0. Output: %s' % output
+self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
+
+In this example, the ```OERuntimeTestCase`` <>`__ class wraps
+``unittest.TestCase``. Within the test, ``self.target`` represents the
+target system, where commands can be run on it using the ``run()``
+method.
+
+To ensure certain test or package dependencies are met, you can use the
+``OETestDepends`` and ``OEHasPackage`` decorators. For example, the test
+in this example would only make sense if python3-core is installed in
+the image.
+
+.. _testsdk_ext-example:
+
+``testsdk_ext``
+---------------
+
+These tests are run against built extensible SDKs (eSDKs). The tests can
+assume that the eSDK environment has already been setup. An example from
+``meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/devtool.py`` contains the following:class
+DevtoolTest(OESDKExtTestCase): @classmethod def setUpClass(cls):
+myapp_src = os.path.join(cls.tc.esdk_files_dir, "myapp") cls.myapp_dst =
+os.path.join(cls.tc.sdk_dir, "myapp") shutil.copytree(myapp_src,
+cls.myapp_dst) subprocess.check_output(['git', 'init', '.'],
+cwd=cls.myapp_dst) subprocess.check_output(['git', 'add', '.'],
+cwd=cls.myapp_dst) subprocess.check_output(['git', 'commit', '-m',
+"'test commit'"], cwd=cls.myapp_dst) @classmethod def
+tearDownClass(cls): shutil.rmtree(cls.myapp_dst) def
+\_test_devtool_build(self, directory): self._run('devtool add myapp %s'
+% directory) try: self._run('devtool build myapp') finally:
+self._run('devtool reset myapp') def test_devtool_build_make(self):
+self._test_devtool_build(self.myapp_dst)In this example, the ``devtool``
+command is tested to see whether a sample application can be built with
+the ``devtool build`` command within the eSDK.
+
+.. _testsdk-example:
+
+``testsdk``
+-----------
+
+These tests are run against built SDKs. The tests can assume that an SDK
+has already been extracted and its environment file has been sourced. A
+simple example from ``meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/python2.py`` contains the
+following:class Python3Test(OESDKTestCase): def setUp(self): if not
+(self.tc.hasHostPackage("nativesdk-python3-core") or
+self.tc.hasHostPackage("python3-core-native")): raise
+unittest.SkipTest("No python3 package in the SDK") def
+test_python3(self): cmd = "python3 -c \\"import codecs;
+print(codecs.encode('Uryyb, jbeyq', 'rot13'))\"" output = self._run(cmd)
+self.assertEqual(output, "Hello, world\n")In this example, if
+nativesdk-python3-core has been installed into the SDK, the code runs
+the python3 interpreter with a basic command to check it is working
+correctly. The test would only run if python3 is installed in the SDK.
+
+.. _oe-build-perf-test-example:
+
+``oe-build-perf-test``
+----------------------
+
+The performance tests usually measure how long operations take and the
+resource utilisation as that happens. An example from
+``meta/lib/oeqa/buildperf/test_basic.py`` contains the following:class
+Test3(BuildPerfTestCase): def test3(self): """Bitbake parsing (bitbake
+-p)""" # Drop all caches and parse self.rm_cache()
+oe.path.remove(os.path.join(self.bb_vars['TMPDIR'], 'cache'), True)
+self.measure_cmd_resources(['bitbake', '-p'], 'parse_1', 'bitbake -p (no
+caches)') # Drop tmp/cache
+oe.path.remove(os.path.join(self.bb_vars['TMPDIR'], 'cache'), True)
+self.measure_cmd_resources(['bitbake', '-p'], 'parse_2', 'bitbake -p (no
+tmp/cache)') # Parse with fully cached data
+self.measure_cmd_resources(['bitbake', '-p'], 'parse_3', 'bitbake -p
+(cached)')This example shows how three specific parsing timings are
+measured, with and without various caches, to show how BitBake’s parsing
+performance trends over time.
+
+.. _test-writing-considerations:
+
+Considerations When Writing Tests
+=================================
+
+When writing good tests, there are several things to keep in mind. Since
+things running on the Autobuilder are accessed concurrently by multiple
+workers, consider the following:
+
+**Running "cleanall" is not permitted.**
+
+This can delete files from DL_DIR which would potentially break other
+builds running in parallel. If this is required, DL_DIR must be set to
+an isolated directory.
+
+**Running "cleansstate" is not permitted.**
+
+This can delete files from SSTATE_DIR which would potentially break
+other builds running in parallel. If this is required, SSTATE_DIR must
+be set to an isolated directory. Alternatively, you can use the "-f"
+option with the ``bitbake`` command to "taint" tasks by changing the
+sstate checksums to ensure sstate cache items will not be reused.
+
+**Tests should not change the metadata.**
+
+This is particularly true for oe-selftests since these can run in
+parallel and changing metadata leads to changing checksums, which
+confuses BitBake while running in parallel. If this is necessary, copy
+layers to a temporary location and modify them. Some tests need to
+change metadata, such as the devtool tests. To prevent the metadate from
+changes, set up temporary copies of that data first.
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+***********************************
+Project Testing and Release Process
+***********************************
+
+.. _test-daily-devel:
+
+Day to Day Development
+======================
+
+This section details how the project tests changes, through automation
+on the Autobuilder or with the assistance of QA teams, through to making
+releases.
+
+The project aims to test changes against our test matrix before those
+changes are merged into the master branch. As such, changes are queued
+up in batches either in the ``master-next`` branch in the main trees, or
+in user trees such as ``ross/mut`` in ``poky-contrib`` (Ross Burton
+helps review and test patches and this is his testing tree).
+
+We have two broad categories of test builds, including "full" and
+"quick". On the Autobuilder, these can be seen as "a-quick" and
+"a-full", simply for ease of sorting in the UI. Use our Autobuilder
+console view to see where me manage most test-related items, available
+at: `https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/typhoon/#/console <#>`__.
+
+Builds are triggered manually when the test branches are ready. The
+builds are monitored by the SWAT team. For additional information, see
+`https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Yocto_Build_Failure_Swat_Team <#>`__.
+If successful, the changes would usually be merged to the ``master``
+branch. If not successful, someone would respond to the changes on the
+mailing list explaining that there was a failure in testing. The choice
+of quick or full would depend on the type of changes and the speed with
+which the result was required.
+
+The Autobuilder does build the ``master`` branch once daily for several
+reasons, in particular, to ensure the current ``master`` branch does
+build, but also to keep ``yocto-testresults``
+(`http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/yocto-testresults/ <#>`__),
+buildhistory
+(`http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky-buildhistory/ <#>`__), and
+our sstate up to date. On the weekend, there is a master-next build
+instead to ensure the test results are updated for the less frequently
+run targets.
+
+Performance builds (buildperf-\* targets in the console) are triggered
+separately every six hours and automatically push their results to the
+buildstats repository at:
+`http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/yocto-buildstats/ <#>`__.
+
+The 'quick' targets have been selected to be the ones which catch the
+most failures or give the most valuable data. We run 'fast' ptests in
+this case for example but not the ones which take a long time. The quick
+target doesn't include \*-lsb builds for all architectures, some world
+builds and doesn't trigger performance tests or ltp testing. The full
+build includes all these things and is slower but more comprehensive.
+
+.. _test-yocto-project-autobuilder-overview:
+
+Release Builds
+==============
+
+The project typically has two major releases a year with a six month
+cadence in April and October. Between these there would be a number of
+milestone releases (usually four) with the final one being stablization
+only along with point releases of our stable branches.
+
+The build and release process for these project releases is similar to
+that in `Day to Day Development <#test-daily-devel>`__, in that the
+a-full target of the Autobuilder is used but in addition the form is
+configured to generate and publish artefacts and the milestone number,
+version, release candidate number and other information is entered. The
+box to "generate an email to QA"is also checked.
+
+When the build completes, an email is sent out using the send-qa-email
+script in the ``yocto-autobuilder-helper`` repository to the list of
+people configured for that release. Release builds are placed into a
+directory in `https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/releases <#>`__ on the
+Autobuilder which is included in the email. The process from here is
+more manual and control is effectively passed to release engineering.
+The next steps include:
+
+-  QA teams respond to the email saying which tests they plan to run and
+   when the results will be available.
+
+-  QA teams run their tests and share their results in the yocto-
+   testresults-contrib repository, along with a summary of their
+   findings.
+
+-  Release engineering prepare the release as per their process.
+
+-  Test results from the QA teams are included into the release in
+   separate directories and also uploaded to the yocto-testresults
+   repository alongside the other test results for the given revision.
+
+-  The QA report in the final release is regenerated using resulttool to
+   include the new test results and the test summaries from the teams
+   (as headers to the generated report).
+
+-  The release is checked against the release checklist and release
+   readiness criteria.
+
+-  A final decision on whether to release is made by the YP TSC who have
+   final oversight on release readiness.
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+*******************************************
+Understanding the Yocto Project Autobuilder
+*******************************************
+
+Execution Flow within the Autobuilder
+=====================================
+
+The “a-full” and “a-quick” targets are the usual entry points into the
+Autobuilder and it makes sense to follow the process through the system
+starting there. This is best visualised from the Autobuilder Console
+view (`https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/typhoon/#/console <#>`__).
+
+Each item along the top of that view represents some “target build” and
+these targets are all run in parallel. The ‘full’ build will trigger the
+majority of them, the “quick” build will trigger some subset of them.
+The Autobuilder effectively runs whichever configuration is defined for
+each of those targets on a seperate buildbot worker. To understand the
+configuration, you need to look at the entry on ``config.json`` file
+within the ``yocto-autobuilder-helper`` repository. The targets are
+defined in the ‘overrides’ section, a quick example could be qemux86-64
+which looks like:"qemux86-64" : { "MACHINE" : "qemux86-64", "TEMPLATE" :
+"arch-qemu", "step1" : { "extravars" : [ "IMAGE_FSTYPES_append = ' wic
+wic.bmap'" ] } },And to expand that, you need the “arch-qemu” entry from
+the “templates” section, which looks like:"arch-qemu" : { "BUILDINFO" :
+true, "BUILDHISTORY" : true, "step1" : { "BBTARGETS" : "core-image-sato
+core-image-sato-dev core-image-sato-sdk core-image-minimal
+core-image-minimal-dev core-image-sato:do_populate_sdk", "SANITYTARGETS"
+: "core-image-minimal:do_testimage core-image-sato:do_testimage
+core-image-sato-sdk:do_testimage core-image-sato:do_testsdk" }, "step2"
+: { "SDKMACHINE" : "x86_64", "BBTARGETS" :
+"core-image-sato:do_populate_sdk core-image-minimal:do_populate_sdk_ext
+core-image-sato:do_populate_sdk_ext", "SANITYTARGETS" :
+"core-image-sato:do_testsdk core-image-minimal:do_testsdkext
+core-image-sato:do_testsdkext" }, "step3" : { "BUILDHISTORY" : false,
+"EXTRACMDS" : ["${SCRIPTSDIR}/checkvnc; DISPLAY=:1 oe-selftest
+${HELPERSTMACHTARGS} -j 15"], "ADDLAYER" :
+["${BUILDDIR}/../meta-selftest"] } },Combining these two entries you can
+see that “qemux86-64” is a three step build where the
+``bitbake BBTARGETS`` would be run, then ``bitbake
+                SANITYTARGETS`` for each step; all for
+``MACHINE=”qemx86-64”`` but with differing SDKMACHINE settings. In step
+1 an extra variable is added to the ``auto.conf`` file to enable wic
+image generation.
+
+While not every detail of this is covered here, you can see how the
+templating mechanism allows quite complex configurations to be built up
+yet allows duplication and repetition to be kept to a minimum.
+
+The different build targets are designed to allow for parallelisation,
+so different machines are usually built in parallel, operations using
+the same machine and metadata are built sequentially, with the aim of
+trying to optimise build efficiency as much as possible.
+
+The ``config.json`` file is processed by the scripts in the Helper
+repository in the ``scripts`` directory. The following section details
+how this works.
+
+.. _test-autobuilder-target-exec-overview:
+
+Autobuilder Target Execution Overview
+=====================================
+
+For each given target in a build, the Autobuilder executes several
+steps. These are configured in ``yocto-autobuilder2/builders.py`` and
+roughly consist of:
+
+1. *Run ``clobberdir``*
+
+   This cleans out any previous build. Old builds are left around to
+   allow easier debugging of failed builds. For additional information,
+   see ```clobberdir`` <#test-clobberdir>`__.
+
+2. *Obtain yocto-autobuilder-helper*
+
+   This step clones the ``yocto-autobuilder-helper`` git repository.
+   This is necessary to prevent the requirement to maintain all the
+   release or project-specific code within Buildbot. The branch chosen
+   matches the release being built so we can support older releases and
+   still make changes in newer ones.
+
+3. *Write layerinfo.json*
+
+   This transfers data in the Buildbot UI when the build was configured
+   to the Helper.
+
+4. *Call scripts/shared-repo-unpack*
+
+   This is a call into the Helper scripts to set up a checkout of all
+   the pieces this build might need. It might clone the BitBake
+   repository and the OpenEmbedded-Core repository. It may clone the
+   Poky repository, as well as additional layers. It will use the data
+   from the ``layerinfo.json`` file to help understand the
+   configuration. It will also use a local cache of repositories to
+   speed up the clone checkouts. For additional information, see
+   `Autobuilder Clone Cache <#test-autobuilder-clone-cache>`__.
+
+   This step has two possible modes of operation. If the build is part
+   of a parent build, its possible that all the repositories needed may
+   already be available, ready in a pre-prepared directory. An "a-quick"
+   or "a-full" build would prepare this before starting the other
+   sub-target builds. This is done for two reasons:
+
+   -  the upstream may change during a build, for example, from a forced
+      push and this ensures we have matching content for the whole build
+
+   -  if 15 Workers all tried to pull the same data from the same repos,
+      we can hit resource limits on upstream servers as they can think
+      they are under some kind of network attack
+
+   This pre-prepared directory is shared among the Workers over NFS. If
+   the build is an individual build and there is no "shared" directory
+   available, it would clone from the cache and the upstreams as
+   necessary. This is considered the fallback mode.
+
+5. *Call scripts/run-config*
+
+   This is another call into the Helper scripts where its expected that
+   the main functionality of this target will be executed.
+
+.. _test-autobuilder-tech:
+
+Autobuilder Technology
+======================
+
+The Autobuilder has Yocto Project-specific functionality to allow builds
+to operate with increased efficiency and speed.
+
+.. _test-clobberdir:
+
+clobberdir
+----------
+
+When deleting files, the Autobuilder uses ``clobberdir``, which is a
+special script that moves files to a special location, rather than
+deleting them. Files in this location are deleted by an ``rm`` command,
+which is run under ``ionice -c 3``. For example, the deletion only
+happens when there is idle IO capacity on the Worker. The Autobuilder
+Worker Janitor runs this deletion. See `Autobuilder Worker
+Janitor <#test-autobuilder-worker-janitor>`__.
+
+.. _test-autobuilder-clone-cache:
+
+Autobuilder Clone Cache
+-----------------------
+
+Cloning repositories from scratch each time they are required was slow
+on the Autobuilder. We therefore have a stash of commonly used
+repositories pre-cloned on the Workers. Data is fetched from these
+during clones first, then "topped up" with later revisions from any
+upstream when necesary. The cache is maintained by the Autobuilder
+Worker Janitor. See `Autobuilder Worker
+Janitor <#test-autobuilder-worker-janitor>`__.
+
+.. _test-autobuilder-worker-janitor:
+
+Autobuilder Worker Janitor
+--------------------------
+
+This is a process running on each Worker that performs two basic
+operations, including background file deletion at IO idle (see `Target
+Execution: clobberdir <#test-list-tgt-exec-clobberdir>`__) and
+maintainenance of a cache of cloned repositories to improve the speed
+the system can checkout repositories.
+
+.. _test-shared-dl-dir:
+
+Shared DL_DIR
+-------------
+
+The Workers are all connected over NFS which allows DL_DIR to be shared
+between them. This reduces network accesses from the system and allows
+the build to be sped up. Usage of the directory within the build system
+is designed to be able to be shared over NFS.
+
+.. _test-shared-sstate-cache:
+
+Shared SSTATE_DIR
+-----------------
+
+The Workers are all connected over NFS which allows the ``sstate``
+directory to be shared between them. This means once a Worker has built
+an artefact, all the others can benefit from it. Usage of the directory
+within the directory is designed for sharing over NFS.
+
+.. _test-resulttool:
+
+Resulttool
+----------
+
+All of the different tests run as part of the build generate output into
+``testresults.json`` files. This allows us to determine which tests ran
+in a given build and their status. Additional information, such as
+failure logs or the time taken to run the tests, may also be included.
+
+Resulttool is part of OpenEmbedded-Core and is used to manipulate these
+json results files. It has the ability to merge files together, display
+reports of the test results and compare different result files.
+
+For details, see `https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Resulttool <#>`__.
+
+.. _test-run-config-tgt-execution:
+
+run-config Target Execution
+===========================
+
+The ``scripts/run-config`` execution is where most of the work within
+the Autobuilder happens. It runs through a number of steps; the first
+are general setup steps that are run once and include:
+
+1. Set up any ``buildtools-tarball`` if configured.
+
+2. Call "buildhistory-init" if buildhistory is configured.
+
+For each step that is configured in ``config.json``, it will perform the
+following:
+
+## WRITER's question: What does "logging in as stepXa" and others refer
+to below? ##
+
+1. Add any layers that are specified using the
+   ``bitbake-layers add-layer`` command (logging as stepXa)
+
+2. Call the ``scripts/setup-config`` script to generate the necessary
+   ``auto.conf`` configuration file for the build
+
+3. Run the ``bitbake BBTARGETS`` command (logging as stepXb)
+
+4. Run the ``bitbake SANITYTARGETS`` command (logging as stepXc)
+
+5. Run the ``EXTRACMDS`` command, which are run within the BitBake build
+   environment (logging as stepXd)
+
+6. Run the ``EXTRAPLAINCMDS`` command(s), which are run outside the
+   BitBake build environment (logging as stepXd)
+
+7. Remove any layers added in `step
+   1 <#test-run-config-add-layers-step>`__ using the
+   ``bitbake-layers remove-layer`` command (logging as stepXa)
+
+Once the execution steps above complete, ``run-config`` executes a set
+of post-build steps, including:
+
+1. Call ``scripts/publish-artifacts`` to collect any output which is to
+   be saved from the build.
+
+2. Call ``scripts/collect-results`` to collect any test results to be
+   saved from the build.
+
+3. Call ``scripts/upload-error-reports`` to send any error reports
+   generated to the remote server.
+
+4. Cleanup the build directory using
+   ```clobberdir`` <#test-clobberdir>`__ if the build was successful,
+   else rename it to “build-renamed” for potential future debugging.
+
+.. _test-deploying-yp-autobuilder:
+
+Deploying Yocto Autobuilder
+===========================
+
+The most up to date information about how to setup and deploy your own
+Autbuilder can be found in README.md in the ``yocto-autobuilder2``
+repository.
+
+We hope that people can use the ``yocto-autobuilder2`` code directly but
+it is inevitable that users will end up needing to heavily customise the
+``yocto-autobuilder-helper`` repository, particularly the
+``config.json`` file as they will want to define their own test matrix.
+
+The Autobuilder supports wo customization options:
+
+-  variable substitution
+
+-  overlaying configuration files
+
+The standard ``config.json`` minimally attempts to allow substitution of
+the paths. The Helper script repository includes a
+``local-example.json`` file to show how you could override these from a
+separate configuration file. Pass the following into the environment of
+the Autobuilder:$ ABHELPER_JSON="config.json local-example.json"As
+another example, you could also pass the following into the
+environment:$ ABHELPER_JSON="config.json /some/location/local.json"One
+issue users often run into is validation of the ``config.json`` files. A
+tip for minimizing issues from invalid json files is to use a Git
+``pre-commit-hook.sh`` script to verify the JSON file before committing
+it. Create a symbolic link as follows:$ ln -s
+../../scripts/pre-commit-hook.sh .git/hooks/pre-commit
diff --git a/documentation/test-manual/test-manual.rst b/documentation/test-manual/test-manual.rst
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+=====================================
+Yocto Project Test Environment Manual
+=====================================
+
+.. toctree::
+   :caption: Table of Contents
+   :numbered:
+
+   test-manual-intro
+   test-manual-test-process
+   test-manual-understand-autobuilder
+