qemu-system-test-runner SKILL.md skillA
qemu-system-test-runner from testland/qa is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add testland/qa/qemu-system-test-runner@v1.3.9Pins v1.3.9 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- testland/qa
- Path
plugins/qa-embedded/skills/qemu-system-test-runner/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- v1.3.9, committed Oct 11, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 6, 2026
- Size
- 11,491 bytes
- Repository stars
- 11
- License
- MIT
Author and run QEMU system emulation as an embedded-test target - qemu-system-arm / qemu-system-aarch64 / qemu-system-riscv32 launching cross-compiled ELF binaries on virtual MCUs and SoCs. Covers machine selection (-M virt / mps2-an385 / mps2-an386 / mps2-an500 / mps2-an511 / mps3-an524 / lm3s6965evb / raspi3b / xilinx-zynq-a9), CPU selection (-cpu cortex-m0 / cortex-m3 / cortex-m4 / cortex-m33 / cortex-a15 / cortex-a57 / max), -kernel ELF load, -nographic + -serial stdio, ARM semihosting via…
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# qemu-system-test-runner ## Overview QEMU system emulation (per [qemu.org system docs](https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/)) runs cross-compiled ELF test binaries on virtual MCUs and SoCs. The embedded-relevant binaries are `qemu-system-arm`, `qemu-system-aarch64`, `qemu-system-riscv32`, and `qemu-system-riscv64`. In an embedded test pipeline QEMU sits between the host build (fast, but misses arch-specific behaviour) and the physical hardware-in-loop rig (slow, expensive). A cross-compiled GoogleTest or Unity binary runs under QEMU with semihosting; the test's `main()` returns the failure count; QEMU exits with that code; CI gates on it. Composes with: - `googletest-embedded-arm` - cross-compiled C++ test binary. - `unity-test-framework-c` - cross-compiled C test binary. - `ceedling-build-runner` - Ceedling project configured for ARM cross-compile. - `hardware-in-loop-reference` - the next rung up the V-cycle (PIL / HIL). ## When to use - Host tests pass but you suspect arch-specific bugs (endianness, alignment, interrupt-vector ordering, weak-symbol resolution). - Physical HIL is expensive / scheduled - QEMU is the V-cycle PIL stage between SIL and HIL. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add testland/qa/qemu-system-test-runner@sha256:2332b74e4b53a301The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.3.9, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jul 6, 2026 and Oct 11, 2026, about one every 24 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| v1.3.9 latest | 2026-10-11 | a1bd3f7 | 11,491 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260728.1bce424 | 2026-07-28 | 1bce424 | 11,472 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260724.d4db756 | 2026-07-24 | d4db756 | 14,711 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260719.6226ac1 | 2026-07-19 | 6226ac1 | 15,412 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260706.4e1409c | 2026-07-06 | 4e1409c | 15,416 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (11491 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
testland/qa · 11 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_gsidaufgfj2udsto GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=testland/qa/qemu-system-test-runner GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2332b74e4b53a3019d9452a426fb9c42365cc1a1cbf5a9617620a90717a06534
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