Set up CI for testing qemu on linaro snapshot images

Registered by Michael Hope

Set up CI for testing qemu on the Linaro snapshot images. This will probably use Loic's Hudson setup as an interim measure until we have an official Linaro Hudson install.
Estimate: 3d

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
Michael Hope
Priority:
High
Drafter:
Peter Maydell
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
Paul Larson
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for 11.05
Implementation:
Implemented
Milestone target:
milestone icon 11.05-final
Started by
Paul Larson
Completed by
Paul Larson

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Work Items

Work items:
Get the team that does nightly image builds to provide 'latest' symlinks for snapshot/hwpack: DONE
Set up basic hudson job to create an image and run it under qemu: DONE
Identify what bits of Loic's hudson scripts/jobs should be transferred to linaro hudson: DONE
Split up hudson jobs for build/boot with old image separate from booting new images with released qemu: DONE
Add support for building qemu from source (Loic has a hudson job for this) so we can test git head as well as packages: DONE

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