Linux on OpenPower Validation - Keeping Linux Bug Free

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Introduces IBM’s Linux validation approach for POWER (OpenPower) hardware using open-source test suites: avocado for Linux functional and I/O tests, tp-qemu and tp-libvirt for KVM, and op-test for OPAL. Explains which test suites validate which components (Linux, KVM, I/O, OPAL) and how OpenPower partners can run and contribute to these tests.

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1. 0:00Linux on OpenPOWER Validation Keeping Linux Bug Free
2. 0:58Linux on POWER Functional Validation
3. 4:33Linux on POWER-Upstream Kernel Regression Test Framework
4. 9:09Linux on POWER-Upstream Kernel Regression Coverage
5. 15:46Linux on POWER Validation - Test Frameworks
6. 19:08OpenPOWER Firmware Validation suite(op-test)
7. 22:38Linux on POWER OS Validation Suite (avocado-mise-tests)
8. 25:50Linux on POWER. KVM Validation (avocado vt plugin)

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