Trusted by¶

LAVA is the backbone of hardware testing for some of the world's most important open-source projects. The organizations below rely on LAVA to validate their code on real physical hardware or emulated platforms (QEMU, FVP).

KernelCI — Linux kernel validation¶

KernelCI uses LAVA as its primary backend for automated Linux kernel hardware testing. LAVA labs across the KernelCI network test upstream kernel trees on real boards covering many architectures.

While we currently support LAVA as our primary backend, the community has expressed strong interest in expanding our capabilities.

— Announcing the KernelCI Labs Working Group

Results from the participating labs are public on the KernelCI dashboard.

10x Engineers — RISC-V CI¶

10x Engineers uses LAVA through their Cloud-V platform for automated firmware and kernel testing on RISC-V hardware. Their LAVA lab supports testing on boards like StarFive VisionFive 2, SiFive HiFive Unleashed, Banana Pi F3, Milk-V Jupiter, and Milk-V Pioneer Box.

Android — pre-merge validation¶

LAVA tests proposed Android changes in Gerrit before they are landed, running boot tests, VTS/CTS suites, and hardware compatibility checks on physical Android development boards.

Apertis — Debian-based IoT platform testing¶

Apertis uses LAVA for integration testing and package testing of their Debian-based IoT platform. They have a dedicated LAVA test shell distro profile, use Robot Framework integrated on LAVA, and run complete test automation on LAVA infrastructure for all their reference hardware.

Apertis developers can also submit personal LAVA jobs during development to debug tests or verify changes before final integration.

CIP — Linux kernel and CIP Core validation¶

The Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) uses LAVA to test its Super Long Term Support (SLTS) Linux kernels and CIP Core, its reference root filesystem. Tests run on a range of physical boards spread across different architectures, as well as on virtual machines. Automated testing on real hardware and virtual platforms helps CIP maintain the stability and long-term maintainability that industrial and civil infrastructure systems need.

GCC — compiler validation¶

LAVA tests GCC compiler output on real hardware, validating that code produced by GCC is correct and performs as expected across a wide range of embedded and server processors.

Linux kernel — daily validation¶

LAVA tests the Linux kernel on a range of supported boards every day. It validates bootloader changes, kernel boot sequences, and system-level functionality across multiple architectures.

Qualcomm — Debian and Yocto image validation¶

Qualcomm uses LAVA to automatically test their Linux images on physical Qualcomm development boards. Their CI pipeline integrates LAVA via GitHub Actions, submitting test jobs, monitoring execution, and publishing results back to their repositories.

Renesas — Linux kernel validation on Renesas SoCs¶

Renesas uses LAVA as the backbone of its automated Linux kernel testing on real hardware. Our GitLab CI-driven pipelines build kernels and submit jobs to LAVA, which boots and tests a wide range of Renesas SoC boards from the RZ and R-Car families across mainline, stable and CIP kernels. LAVA gives us consistent, repeatable results on physical hardware, so we catch driver regressions early and share those results with the wider community through KernelCI.

Supported by¶

LAVA is built and maintained by a global community of engineers from leading technology companies. The organizations below are the testimony of LAVA's success.