test: Add a test for booting Ubuntu 24.04
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@chromium.org>
diff --git a/test/py/tests/test_distro.py b/test/py/tests/test_distro.py
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+# Copyright 2025 Canonical Ltd.
+# Written by Simon Glass <simon.glass@canonical.com>
+
+import pytest
+
+# Enable early console so that the test can see if something goes wrong
+CONSOLE = 'earlycon=uart8250,io,0x3f8 console=uart8250,io,0x3f8'
+
+@pytest.mark.boardspec('qemu-x86_64')
+@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.log.info("Pressing 'e'")
+ 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. Avoid using down-arrow as that includes
+ # an Escape character, which may be parsed by Grub as such, causing it
+ # to return to the top menu
+ ubman.log.info("Going DOWN")
+ ubman.ctrl('N')
+ ubman.ctrl('N')
+ ubman.ctrl('N')
+
+ # Go to end of line
+ ubman.log.info("Going to EOL")
+ ubman.ctrl('E')
+
+ # Backspace to remove 'quiet splash'
+ ubman.log.info("Erasing quiet and splash")
+ ubman.send('\b' * len('quiet splash'))
+
+ # Send our noisy console
+ ubman.log.info("Noisy console")
+ ubman.send(CONSOLE)
+
+ # Tell grub to boot
+ ubman.log.info("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()