Integrating the Pakala, Talos, Hamoa, Shikra, Purwa, and Glymur targets for testing.

Runner/plans/video_pre-merge.yaml

@@ -40,13 +40,19 @@ run:
           qcs9100-ride-r3|sa8775p-ride|iq-9075-evk|qcs9075-rb8|qcs9100-ride-sx) TL="lemans" ;;
           # kodiak
           qcs6490-rb3gen2|rb3gen2|qcs6490-rb3gen2-core-kit) TL="kodiak" ;;
+          # pakala (sm8750) - upstream only
+          *pakala*|*sm8750*) TL="pakala" ;;
+          # hamoa
+          hamoa|iq-x7181-evk|iq-x7181) TL="hamoa" ;;
+          # purwa
+          purwa|iq-x5121-evk|iq-x5121) TL="purwa" ;;
           # fallback to autodetect in run.sh
           *) TL="" ;;
         esac
       fi
 
       case "$TL" in
-        kodiak|lemans|monaco) PLAT="--platform $TL" ;;
+        kodiak|lemans|monaco|pakala|shikra|talos|glymur|purwa|hamoa) PLAT="--platform $TL" ;;
         *) PLAT="" ;; # autodetect
       esac
 
@@ -72,10 +78,28 @@ run:
       sh -lc "$RPATH $ARGS_BASE" || true
       "$REPO_ROOT/utils/send-to-lava.sh" "$RESFILE" || true
 
-      # Run OVERLAY (downstream)
-      # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-      sh -lc "$RPATH $ARGS_OVERLAY" || true
-      "$REPO_ROOT/utils/send-to-lava.sh" "$RESFILE" || true
+      # Detect actual platform if TL is empty (auto-detect case)
+      if [ -z "$TL" ]; then
+        # Source the lib_video.sh to get platform detection
+        if [ -f "$REPO_ROOT/utils/lib_video.sh" ]; then
+          . "$REPO_ROOT/utils/lib_video.sh"
+          TL="$(video_detect_platform)"
+          echo "INFO: Auto-detected platform: $TL"
+        fi
+      fi
+
+      # Run OVERLAY (downstream) - only for platforms that support it
+      # pakala, shikra, talos, purwa, hamoa only support upstream/base testing
+      case "$TL" in
+        pakala|shikra|talos|purwa|hamoa)
+          echo "INFO: Platform $TL does not support downstream/overlay testing - skipping overlay run"
+          ;;
+        *)
+          # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+          sh -lc "$RPATH $ARGS_OVERLAY" || true
+          "$REPO_ROOT/utils/send-to-lava.sh" "$RESFILE" || true
+          ;;
+      esac
 
       # Optional roll-up (ignored if absent)
       "$REPO_ROOT/utils/result_parse.sh" || true

Runner/suites/Connectivity/Ethernet/Ethernet_Basic_Validation/Ethernet_Basic_Validation.yaml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ params:
   LINK_TIMEOUT_S: "10"
   IP_TIMEOUT_S: "15"
   ETH_INTERFACE: ""
-  PING_TARGET: ""  # Empty uses the runner default of 8.8.8.8. Set an IP to override.
+  PING_TARGET: ""
   PING_COUNT: "4"
   PING_WAIT_S: "2"
   PING_RETRIES: "3"

Runner/suites/Connectivity/Ethernet/Ethernet_Basic_Validation/README.md

@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ A disconnected port is reported as an interface-level SKIP rather than a failure
 - Connect the port to a link partner or switch.
 - Provide IPv4 using the image network manager, DHCP configuration, or a
   preconfigured static address.
-- The default target `8.8.8.8` must be reachable and reply to ICMP through the
-  tested interface. For an isolated network, select a reachable local peer with
-  `--ping-target` or `PING_TARGET`. Internet access is not required with a local peer.
+- Ensure the selected gateway or `PING_TARGET` is reachable through the tested
+  interface. Internet access is not required when a local peer is used.
 
 ## Files
 
@@ -48,17 +47,15 @@ Runner/utils/lib_ethernet.sh
 
 ## Configuration
 
-CLI options override environment variables. An omitted or empty
-`--ping-target` preserves `PING_TARGET` when set, otherwise it uses `8.8.8.8`.
-The default gateway is not automatically selected or used as a fallback after
-ping failure. Run `./run.sh --help` for the on-target option summary.
+CLI options override environment variables. Run `./run.sh --help` for the
+on-target option summary.
 
 | CLI option | Environment variable | Default | Description |
 |---|---|---:|---|
 | `--link-timeout` | `LINK_TIMEOUT_S` | `10` | Maximum wait for carrier |
 | `--ip-timeout` | `IP_TIMEOUT_S` | `15` | Maximum wait for a valid IPv4 |
 | `--interface` | `ETH_INTERFACE` | automatic | Explicit interface, otherwise auto-detect |
-| `--ping-target` | `PING_TARGET` | `8.8.8.8` | User-provided target overrides the public IPv4 default |
+| `--ping-target` | `PING_TARGET` | automatic | Explicit target, otherwise gateway or `8.8.8.8` |
 | `--ping-count` | `PING_COUNT` | `4` | Packets per ping attempt |
 | `--ping-wait` | `PING_WAIT_S` | `2` | Per-packet ping timeout |
 | `--ping-retries` | `PING_RETRIES` | `3` | Ping attempts |
@@ -70,25 +67,12 @@ cd Runner/suites/Connectivity/Ethernet/Ethernet_Basic_Validation
 ./run.sh
 ```
 
-The default command pings `8.8.8.8` through each tested interface. All retries
-use the same selected target. To select a local peer explicitly:
+Example:
 
 ```sh
 ./run.sh --ping-target 192.168.1.1 --link-timeout 20
 ```
 
-The environment equivalent and CLI precedence are:
-
-```sh
-PING_TARGET=192.168.1.1 ./run.sh
-PING_TARGET=192.168.1.1 ./run.sh --ping-target 192.168.1.2
-```
-
-For LAVA, set the existing `PING_TARGET` parameter to the desired IP. Its empty
-default selects `8.8.8.8`. Unreachable targets fail the connectivity check after
-the configured retries, even when carrier and IPv4 checks pass. Disconnected
-ports and interfaces without valid IPv4 retain their existing SKIP behavior.
-
 To test one explicit interface, use either form:
 
 ```sh

Runner/suites/Connectivity/Ethernet/Ethernet_Basic_Validation/run.sh

@@ -65,30 +65,25 @@ RESULT_TABLE="./$TESTNAME.results.tsv"
 LINK_TIMEOUT_S="${LINK_TIMEOUT_S:-10}"
 IP_TIMEOUT_S="${IP_TIMEOUT_S:-15}"
 ETH_INTERFACE="${ETH_INTERFACE:-}"
-PING_TARGET="${PING_TARGET:-8.8.8.8}"
+PING_TARGET="${PING_TARGET:-}"
 PING_COUNT="${PING_COUNT:-4}"
 PING_WAIT_S="${PING_WAIT_S:-2}"
 PING_RETRIES="${PING_RETRIES:-3}"
 
-# usage
-# Print supported options and the ping-target default to stdout. Returns 0.
 usage() {
     printf '%s\n' \
         "Usage: ./run.sh [options]" \
         "  --link-timeout SECONDS" \
         "  --ip-timeout SECONDS" \
         "  --interface IFACE" \
-        "  --ping-target ADDRESS (default: PING_TARGET or 8.8.8.8)" \
+        "  --ping-target ADDRESS" \
         "  --ping-count COUNT" \
         "  --ping-wait SECONDS" \
         "  --ping-retries COUNT" \
         "  -h, --help" \
         "CLI options override environment variables."
 }
 
-# parse_args [OPTIONS...]
-# Apply CLI overrides to suite settings. Empty ping-target values preserve the
-# environment/default target. No stdout except help, exits 2 on invalid options.
 parse_args() {
     while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
         case "$1" in
@@ -121,9 +116,7 @@ parse_args() {
                 usage
                 exit 2
             }
-            if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-                PING_TARGET="$2"
-            fi
+            PING_TARGET="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
         --ping-count)
@@ -171,7 +164,7 @@ rm -f "$RES_FILE" "$SUMMARY_FILE" "$RESULT_TABLE"
 
 log_info "--------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 log_info "------------------- Starting $TESTNAME Testcase --------------------------"
-log_info "Configuration: interface=${ETH_INTERFACE:-auto} LINK_TIMEOUT_S=$LINK_TIMEOUT_S IP_TIMEOUT_S=$IP_TIMEOUT_S PING_TARGET=$PING_TARGET PING_COUNT=$PING_COUNT PING_WAIT_S=$PING_WAIT_S PING_RETRIES=$PING_RETRIES"
+log_info "Configuration: interface=${ETH_INTERFACE:-auto} LINK_TIMEOUT_S=$LINK_TIMEOUT_S IP_TIMEOUT_S=$IP_TIMEOUT_S PING_TARGET=${PING_TARGET:-auto} PING_COUNT=$PING_COUNT PING_WAIT_S=$PING_WAIT_S PING_RETRIES=$PING_RETRIES"
 
 if ! CHECK_DEPS_NO_EXIT=1 check_dependencies \
     ip \

Runner/suites/Multimedia/Audio/AudioLoopback/README.md

@@ -4,29 +4,11 @@
 media. It generates a deterministic 48 kHz, unsigned 8-bit stereo WAV, starts
 capture, plays the reference, and validates the resulting WAV.
 
-Automatic selection uses an active PipeWire or PulseAudio session and discovers
-playback and capture independently. Playback tries speakers and then headphones.
-Capture tries mic and then headset-mic. PipeWire requires `wpctl`, `pw-record`,
-and `pw-play` or `pw-cat`.
-PulseAudio requires `pactl`, `parecord`, and `paplay`.
-Playback aliases `speaker`/`speakers` and
-`headphone`/`headphones`/`headset` map to the same canonical routes. Capture
-aliases `mic`/`microphone` and
-`headset-mic`/`headset_mic`/quoted `headset mic` are normalized before runtime
-route discovery. The effective selections and targets are emitted to standard
-output in an `AUDIO_ROUTE` record.
+Automatic selection uses an active PipeWire or PulseAudio session and its
+physical speaker and microphone routes. PipeWire requires `wpctl`, `pw-record`,
+and `pw-play` or `pw-cat`. PulseAudio requires `pactl`, `parecord`, and `paplay`.
 If no managed backend is usable, the suite falls back to image-provided `aplay`
-and `arecord`. Direct ALSA mode retrieves `PlaybackPCM` and `CapturePCM` from
-the matching UCM HiFi devices instead of encoding card or PCM numbers. It
-enables both devices in one UCM session when they share a card and verifies
-both through `_enadevs`. Private `_ucmNNNN.` prefixes are removed only from
-standard `hw:` or `plughw:` PCM names. UCM-only private virtual names are not
-used as standalone direct PCM routes. Auto-discovered raw `hw:` playback PCMs
-use the corresponding `plughw:` target so ALSA can convert the generated U8
-reference to the hardware PCM capabilities. Capture keeps its probed hardware
-format and device. Legacy speaker/microphone discovery
-remains available for images without usable UCM routes. The suite never
-installs runtime packages.
+and `arecord`. The suite never installs runtime packages.
 
 On Debian and CentOS, a root invocation prepares the regular desktop audio user
 and re-launches the complete test as that user. Automatic selection also
@@ -38,9 +20,9 @@ execution behavior.
 
 The selected output must reach the selected input through an acoustic or
 electrical fixture. Automatic selection prefers the active managed backend and
-its requested physical endpoints. Supplying either device option selects direct
-ALSA mode, where the unspecified side is discovered. Explicit ALSA devices are
-recommended for fixtures that require fixed PCM endpoints:
+its physical speaker and microphone endpoints. Supplying either device option
+selects direct ALSA mode, where the unspecified side is discovered. Explicit
+ALSA devices are recommended for fixtures that require fixed PCM endpoints:
 
 ```sh
 ./run.sh \
@@ -49,19 +31,10 @@ recommended for fixtures that require fixed PCM endpoints:
     --duration 5
 ```
 
-Route-only examples use runtime endpoint and UCM discovery:
-
-```sh
-./run.sh --sink speakers --source mic --duration 5
-./run.sh --sink headphones --source headset-mic --duration 5
-```
-
-An explicit semantic route or PCM device is used only after runtime discovery
-and an open probe succeed. Explicit unavailable or malformed choices report
-FAIL with the requested route/device and retained probe evidence. Automatic
-discovery with no applicable route pair reports SKIP. A ready backend with
-missing required clients, a broken applicable route, or an all-zero capture
-reports FAIL.
+When no backend or device inventory exists, the suite reports SKIP with the
+missing prerequisite. When a managed backend is active but its physical routes
+are unusable and direct ALSA fallback also fails, the suite reports FAIL so the
+image or routing regression remains visible. An all-zero capture reports FAIL.
 The default policy does not claim waveform correlation when the input contains
 some other non-zero signal, so retained metrics and the fixture setup remain
 important evidence.
@@ -73,28 +46,17 @@ WAV integrity: corrupt or empty files, header-only payloads, all-zero audio, and
 materially short captures fail. RMS, peak, clipping, digital-silence runs, DC
 offset, large sample transitions, and silent-channel counts are emitted in
 `AUDIO_VALIDATION` records as diagnostic metrics. They do not fail the default
-policy. The generated two-level square-wave reference is validated with its
-known signal shape, so it does not produce a near-constant diagnostic. Complete
-RIFF chunks after a WAV `data` chunk are reported as metadata rather than as
-trailing audio.
+policy.
 
 ## Options
 
 - `--duration SECONDS` selects 2 to 30 seconds.
-- `--sink auto|speaker|speakers|headphone|headphones|headset` selects playback.
-- `--source auto|mic|microphone|headset-mic|headset_mic|"headset mic"` selects
-  capture.
-- `--playback-device DEVICE|auto` overrides playback discovery. `auto` and an
-  empty LAVA parameter retain discovery.
-- `--capture-device DEVICE|auto` overrides capture discovery and probes a supported
+- `--playback-device DEVICE` overrides playback discovery.
+- `--capture-device DEVICE` overrides capture discovery and probes a supported
   format on that exact device.
 - `--dmesg-scan 0|1` controls retained kernel-log evidence.
 - `--no-dmesg` disables the kernel-log scan.
 
-An explicit `--playback-device` value is used exactly as supplied. Use
-`plughw:CARD,DEVICE` when the fixture's hardware PCM does not natively accept
-the generated U8 stereo reference.
-
 Artifacts are retained below `results/AudioLoopback/run-<timestamp>-<pid>/`.
 
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