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>
Acked-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
 tests/functional/riscv64/meson.build    |   2 +
 tests/functional/riscv64/test_boston.py | 123 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 125 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 tests/functional/riscv64/test_boston.py

diff --git a/tests/functional/riscv64/meson.build b/tests/functional/riscv64/meson.build
index c1704d9275..58d541f8c2 100644
--- a/tests/functional/riscv64/meson.build
+++ b/tests/functional/riscv64/meson.build
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 test_riscv64_timeouts = {
+  'riscv64_boston' : 120,
   'tuxrun' : 120,
 }
 
 tests_riscv64_system_quick = [
   'migration',
   'opensbi',
+  'riscv64_boston',
 ]
 
 tests_riscv64_system_thorough = [
diff --git a/tests/functional/riscv64/test_boston.py b/tests/functional/riscv64/test_boston.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..385de6a61d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/riscv64/test_boston.py
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Boston board test for RISC-V P8700 processor by MIPS
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2025 MIPS
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+#
+
+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
+    """
+
+    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 _boot_linux_test(self, smp_count):
+        """Common setup and boot test for Linux on Boston board
+
+        Args:
+            smp_count: Number of CPUs to use for SMP
+        """
+        self.set_machine('boston-aia')
+        fw_payload_path = self.ASSET_FW_PAYLOAD.fetch()
+        rootfs_path = self.ASSET_ROOTFS.fetch()
+
+        self.vm.add_args('-cpu', 'mips-p8700')
+        self.vm.add_args('-m', '2G')
+        self.vm.add_args('-smp', str(smp_count))
+        self.vm.add_args('-kernel', fw_payload_path)
+        self.vm.add_args('-drive', f'file={rootfs_path},format=raw,snapshot=on')
+
+        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')
+
+    def test_boston_boot_linux_min_cpus(self):
+        """
+        Test Linux kernel boot with minimum CPU count (2)
+        """
+        self._boot_linux_test(smp_count=2)
+
+    def test_boston_boot_linux_7_cpus(self):
+        """
+        Test Linux kernel boot with 7 CPUs
+
+        7 CPUs is a special configuration that tests odd CPU count
+        handling and ensures proper core distribution across clusters.
+        """
+        self._boot_linux_test(smp_count=7)
+
+    def test_boston_boot_linux_35_cpus(self):
+        """
+        Test Linux kernel boot with 35 CPUs
+
+        35 CPUs is a special configuration that tests a non-power-of-2
+        CPU count above 32, validating proper handling of larger
+        asymmetric SMP configurations.
+        """
+        self._boot_linux_test(smp_count=35)
+
+    def test_boston_boot_linux_max_cpus(self):
+        """
+        Test Linux kernel boot with maximum supported CPU count (64)
+        """
+        self._boot_linux_test(smp_count=64)
+
+    def test_boston_invalid_cpu_count(self):
+        """
+        Test that 65 CPUs is rejected as invalid (negative test case)
+        """
+        from subprocess import run, PIPE
+
+        fw_payload_path = self.ASSET_FW_PAYLOAD.fetch()
+        rootfs_path = self.ASSET_ROOTFS.fetch()
+
+        cmd = [
+            self.qemu_bin,
+            '-M', 'boston-aia',
+            '-cpu', 'mips-p8700',
+            '-m', '2G',
+            '-smp', '65',
+            '-kernel', fw_payload_path,
+            '-drive', f'file={rootfs_path},format=raw,snapshot=on',
+            '-nographic'
+        ]
+
+        # Run QEMU and expect it to fail immediately.
+        result = run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=5)
+
+        # Check that QEMU exited with error code 1
+        self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 1,
+                         "QEMU should exit with code 1 for invalid SMP count")
+
+        # Check error message
+        self.assertIn('Invalid SMP CPUs 65', result.stderr,
+                      "Error message should indicate invalid SMP CPU count")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    QemuSystemTest.main()
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