Add functional test for Boston AIA board. The P8700 RISC-V based
CPU by MIPS supports it at the moment.

Signed-off-by: Chao-ying Fu <cfu@mips.com>
Signed-off-by: Djordje Todorovic <djordje.todorovic@htecgroup.com>
---
 tests/functional/riscv64/meson.build          |  1 +
 .../functional/riscv64/test_riscv64_boston.py | 71 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 72 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 tests/functional/riscv64/test_riscv64_boston.py

diff --git a/tests/functional/riscv64/meson.build b/tests/functional/riscv64/meson.build
index c1704d9275..9bce341b80 100644
--- a/tests/functional/riscv64/meson.build
+++ b/tests/functional/riscv64/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ test_riscv64_timeouts = {
 tests_riscv64_system_quick = [
   'migration',
   'opensbi',
+  'riscv64_boston',
 ]
 
 tests_riscv64_system_thorough = [
diff --git a/tests/functional/riscv64/test_riscv64_boston.py b/tests/functional/riscv64/test_riscv64_boston.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ea4e144cf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/riscv64/test_riscv64_boston.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Boston board test for RISC-V P8700 processor by MIPS
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2025 MIPS
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+#
+
+import os
+from qemu_test import QemuSystemTest, Asset
+from qemu_test import wait_for_console_pattern
+
+class RiscvBostonTest(QemuSystemTest):
+    """
+    Test the boston-aia board with P8700 processor
+    """
+
+    timeout = 120  # Timeout for boot tests
+
+    ASSET_FW_PAYLOAD = Asset(
+        'https://github.com/MIPS/linux-test-downloads/raw/main/p8700/fw_payload.bin',
+        'd6f4ae14d0c178c1d0bb38ddf64557536ca8602a588b220729a8aa17caa383aa')
+
+    ASSET_ROOTFS = Asset(
+        'https://github.com/MIPS/linux-test-downloads/raw/main/p8700/rootfs.ext2',
+        'f937e21b588f0d1d17d10a063053979686897bbbbc5e9617a5582f7c1f48e565')
+
+    def _fetch_rootfs(self):
+        """Fetch rootfs and fix permissions"""
+        rootfs_path = self.ASSET_ROOTFS.fetch()
+        # Ensure the rootfs file is readable
+        try:
+            os.chmod(rootfs_path, 0o644)
+        except:
+            pass  # If we can't change permissions, try anyway
+        return rootfs_path
+
+    def test_boston_boot_linux(self):
+        """
+        Test full Linux kernel boot with rootfs on Boston board
+        """
+        self.set_machine('boston-aia')
+        fw_payload_path = self.ASSET_FW_PAYLOAD.fetch()
+        rootfs_path = self._fetch_rootfs()
+
+        self.vm.add_args('-cpu', 'mips-p8700')
+        self.vm.add_args('-m', '2G')
+        self.vm.add_args('-smp', '2')
+        self.vm.add_args('-kernel', fw_payload_path)
+        self.vm.add_args('-drive', f'file={rootfs_path},format=raw')
+
+        self.vm.set_console()
+        self.vm.launch()
+
+        # Wait for OpenSBI
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, 'OpenSBI')
+
+        # Wait for Linux kernel boot
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, 'Linux version')
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, 'Machine model: MIPS P8700')
+
+        # Test e1000e network card functionality
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, 'e1000e')
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, 'Network Connection')
+
+        # Wait for boot to complete - system reaches login prompt
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, 'Run /sbin/init as init process')
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    QemuSystemTest.main()
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