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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023 The Flatcar Maintainers.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at                         
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                  
+#
+# QoL wrapper around ci-automation test.sh for running local tests of qemu_uefi image.
+# The devcontainer tests will be skipped since these require a valid commit ref in
+#   the upstream scripts repo.
+#
+# Requirements:
+# - Docker (for running the Mantle container).
+#
+# Prerequisites:
+# - Flatcar OS image and qemu uefi code to be tested in
+#   __build__/images/images/amd64-usr/latest/
+# 
+#   This script is intended to be run after building a qemu_uefi image with the SDK container:
+#    ./build_packages
+#    ./build_image
+#    ./image_to_vm.sh --from=../build/images/amd64-usr/latest/ --format=qemu_uefi --image_compression_formats none
+#   Then, EXIT the SDK container (or run this on a different terminal):
+#   ./run_local_tests.sh
+#
+# Optional prerequisites:
+# - Custom Mantle container image / version in sdk_container/.repo/manifests/mantle-container.
+#   This comes in handy if you've built a local mantle/kola which you want to test.
+#   Just edit the file and put in the whole containerr image name and version.
+#
+# Output:
+# results reports:
+# - results-qemu_uefi-detailed.md
+# - results-qemu_uefi-detailed.tap
+# - results-qemu_uefi.md
+# - results-qemu_uefi.tap
+# - results-qemu_update-detailed.md
+# - results-qemu_update-detailed.tap
+# - results-qemu_update.md
+# - results-qemu_update.tap
+#
+#
+# - Detailed test run output will reside below __TESTS__/qemu-uefi
+
+function set_vars() {
+  local arch="${1}"
+  local parallel="${2}"
+
+  # Read by the mantle container.
+  # The local directory ("pwd") will be mounted to /work/ in the container.
+  cat > sdk_container/.env <<EOF
+export export QEMU_IMAGE_NAME="/work/__build__/images/images/${arch}-usr/latest/flatcar_production_image.bin"
+export QEMU_UEFI_BIOS="/work/__build__/images/images/${arch}-usr/latest/flatcar_production_qemu_uefi_efi_code.fd"
+export QEMU_UPDATE_PAYLOAD="/work/__build__/images/images/${arch}-usr/latest/flatcar_test_update.gz"
+export PARALLEL_TESTS=${parallel}                                                     
+EOF
+
+  export MAX_RETRIES=5
+  export SKIP_COPY_TO_BINCACHE=1
+}
+#--
+
+function run_local_tests() {
+  local arch="${1:-amd64}"
+  if [[ $# -gt 0 ]] ; then shift; fi
+  local parallel="${1:-2}"
+  if [[ $# -gt 0 ]] ; then shift; fi
+
+  rm -f results.*
+
+  local mantle_container="$(cat "sdk_container/.repo/manifests/mantle-container")"
+  local custom_test_list=false
+
+  # Generate list of all tests for qemu w/o the devcontainer tests.
+  # This will generate globs for top-level test modules, e.g. "cl.update.oem" will become cl.*.
+  # Globs are necessary because tests ignore OS min/max version specification if a test was specified with its full name.
+  # Using globs will prevent tests to be run which aren't meant for the OS version we're testing.
+  if [[ $# -eq 0 ]] ; then
+    tests="$(docker run "${mantle_container}" \
+              kola list --platform qemu \
+              | awk '!/^(devcontainer|Test)/ {if ($1 != "") print gensub(/^([^.]+).*/,"\\1",1,$1) ".*"}' | uniq)"
+    set -- ${tests}
+  else
+    custom_test_list=true
+  fi
+
+  source ci-automation/test.sh || exit 1
+  set_vars "${arch}" "${parallel}"
+  
+  echo "================================="
+  echo "Using Mantle docker image '${mantle_container}'"
+
+  rm -f results.sqlite
+  test_run "${arch}" qemu_uefi "${@}"
+  if [[ "${custom_test_list}" = "false" ]] ; then
+    test_run "${arch}" qemu_update
+  fi
+
+}
+# --
+
+
+if [[ "$(basename "${0}")" = "run_local_tests.sh" ]] ; then
+  set -euo pipefail
+  run_local_tests "${@}"
+fi