--- title: Patch submitted to introduce GitLab-CI pipeline for... description: Collabora has submitted a patch to introduce kci-gitlab, a GitLab-CI pipeline for Linux kernel testing. The initial version includes static checks (checkpatch... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/patch-submitted-to-introduce-gitlab-ci-pipeline-for-linux-kernel-testing-ts4lajdkf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Patch submitted to introduce GitLab-CI pipeline for Linux kernel testing | daily.dev og:description: Collabora has submitted a patch to introduce kci-gitlab, a GitLab-CI pipeline for Linux kernel testing. The initial version includes static checks (checkpatch... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/patch-submitted-to-introduce-gitlab-ci-pipeline-for-linux-kernel-testing-ts4lajdkf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tS4LaJdKf.png og:image:alt: Patch submitted to introduce GitLab-CI pipeline for Linux kernel testing og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Patch submitted to introduce GitLab-CI pipeline for Linux kernel testing **[Collabora Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/collabora)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Collabora has submitted a patch to introduce kci-gitlab, a GitLab-CI pipeline for Linux kernel testing. The initial version includes static checks (checkpatch and smatch), build tests across multiple architectures and configurations, an integrated build cache for efficiency, and a flexible 'scenarios' mechanism for subsystem-specific extensions. The pipeline works out-of-the-box with any GitLab instance including the free tier on gitlab.com, and a bootstrap-gitlab-runner.sh script is included to simplify setting up local runners on custom infrastructure. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What does the kci-gitlab GitLab-CI pipeline for Linux kernel testing include in its initial version? The initial kci-gitlab pipeline includes static checks (checkpatch and smatch), build tests across various architectures and configurations, an integrated cache for efficient build times, and a flexible 'scenarios' mechanism for subsystem-specific extensions. It works out-of-the-box with any GitLab instance including the gitlab.com Free Tier, and a bootstrap-gitlab-runner.sh script is provided to simplify setting up local runners. _Kernel contributors tracking CI tooling developments like kci-gitlab find the latest patches and discussions on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [GitOps in Practice: How to Design a Scalable CI/CD Pipeline with GitLab and GKE](https://daily.dev/posts/gitops-in-practice-how-to-design-a-scalable-ci-cd-pipeline-with-gitlab-and-gke-iwngmnmlk) · Cloud Native Now · 9 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd), [#gitlab-ci](https://daily.dev/tags/gitlab-ci) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/patch-submitted-to-introduce-gitlab-ci-pipeline-for-linux-kernel-testing-ts4lajdkf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Patch submitted to introduce GitLab-CI pipeline for Linux kernel testing","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/patch-submitted-to-introduce-gitlab-ci-pipeline-for-linux-kernel-testing-ts4lajdkf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/patch-submitted-to-introduce-gitlab-ci-pipeline-for-linux-kernel-testing-ts4lajdkf"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:54:39.337Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:19:49.208Z","description":"Collabora has submitted a patch to introduce kci-gitlab, a GitLab-CI pipeline for Linux kernel testing. 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