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+# Test class for testing the boot process of a Linux kernel
+#
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+# later.  See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+
+import os
+
+from .testcase import QemuSystemTest
+from .cmd import run_cmd, wait_for_console_pattern
+from .utils import archive_extract
+
+class LinuxKernelTest(QemuSystemTest):
+    KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE = 'printk.time=0 '
+
+    def wait_for_console_pattern(self, success_message, vm=None):
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, success_message,
+                                 failure_message='Kernel panic - not syncing',
+                                 vm=vm)
+
+    def extract_from_deb(self, deb_path, path):
+        """
+        Extracts a file from a deb package into the test workdir
+
+        :param deb_path: path to the deb archive
+        :param path: path within the deb archive of the file to be extracted
+        :returns: path of the extracted file
+        """
+        cwd = os.getcwd()
+        os.chdir(self.workdir)
+        (stdout, stderr, ret) = run_cmd(['ar', 't', deb_path])
+        file_path = stdout.split()[2]
+        run_cmd(['ar', 'x', deb_path, file_path])
+        archive_extract(file_path, self.workdir)
+        os.chdir(cwd)
+        # Return complete path to extracted file.  Because callers to
+        # extract_from_deb() specify 'path' with a leading slash, it is
+        # necessary to use os.path.relpath() as otherwise os.path.join()
+        # interprets it as an absolute path and drops the self.workdir part.
+        return os.path.normpath(os.path.join(self.workdir,
+                                             os.path.relpath(path, '/')))
+