diff --git a/automated/linux/remoteproc-smoke/remoteproc-smoke-test.sh b/automated/linux/remoteproc-smoke/remoteproc-smoke-test.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+# Copyright (c) Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
+#
+# remoteproc smoke tests
+#
+# Check that the remoteprocs which the kernel is expected to boot are running,
+# to catch regressions where a DSP silently fails to come up, e.g. because its
+# firmware could not be loaded.
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091,SC2034,SC2039
+. ../../lib/sh-test-lib
+OUTPUT="$(pwd)/output"
+RESULT_FILE="${OUTPUT}/result.txt"
+export RESULT_FILE
+SYSFS_REMOTEPROC="/sys/class/remoteproc"
+DEVICE=""
+# remoteprocs which the kernel doesn't boot on its own, either because no
+# firmware is shipped for them or because another subsystem owns their
+# lifecycle, e.g. ath11k for wpss; see
+# https://github.com/qualcomm/fastrpc/pull/372
+SKIP="modem wpss"
+WAIT_TIME=0
+
+usage() {
+    echo "Usage: $0 [-d <remoteprocs>] [-s <remoteprocs>] [-w <wait_time>]" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+while getopts "d:s:w:" o; do
+  case "$o" in
+    d) DEVICE="${OPTARG}" ;;
+    s) SKIP="${OPTARG}" ;;
+    w) WAIT_TIME="${OPTARG}" ;;
+    *) usage ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# list the sysfs directories of all remoteprocs, one per line
+list_remoteprocs() {
+    for dir in "${SYSFS_REMOTEPROC}"/remoteproc*; do
+        [ -r "${dir}/name" ] || continue
+        echo "${dir}"
+    done
+}
+
+# list the sysfs directories of the remoteprocs named $1, one per line; a name
+# is not guaranteed to be unique, e.g. some SoCs have two cdsp instances
+remoteprocs_by_name() {
+    local name="$1"
+    for dir in $(list_remoteprocs); do
+        [ "$(cat "${dir}/name")" = "${name}" ] && echo "${dir}"
+    done
+}
+
+# whether remoteproc $1 is expected not to be running
+is_skipped() {
+    local name="$1"
+    for skipped in ${SKIP}; do
+        [ "${name}" = "${skipped}" ] && return 0
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
+# print the test case name for the remoteproc in sysfs directory $1; names are
+# usually unique and are kept as-is so that results stay comparable across
+# runs, but a SoC may have several remoteprocs sharing a name, in which case
+# the sysfs name is added to tell them apart
+test_case_name() {
+    local dir="$1"
+    local name
+    name="$(cat "${dir}/name")"
+    if [ "$(remoteprocs_by_name "${name}" | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]; then
+        echo "remoteproc-${name}-$(basename "${dir}")-running"
+    else
+        echo "remoteproc-${name}-running"
+    fi
+}
+
+# test that the remoteproc in sysfs directory $1 is running
+test_remoteproc_state() {
+    local dir="$1"
+    local name
+    local state
+    local test_case
+
+    name="$(cat "${dir}/name")"
+    state="$(cat "${dir}/state" 2>/dev/null)"
+    test_case="$(test_case_name "${dir}")"
+    info_msg "$(basename "${dir}") ${name} state is ${state:-unreadable}"
+
+    # report the state above even for remoteprocs which are not tested, it is
+    # useful when triaging a job
+    if is_skipped "${name}"; then
+        info_msg "${name} is not expected to be running, skipping"
+        report_skip "${test_case}"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    # "running" is a remoteproc which Linux booted, "attached" one which was
+    # already running when Linux took over
+    case "${state}" in
+      running|attached) report_pass "${test_case}" ;;
+      *) report_fail "${test_case}" ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+# helper function to wait for remoteproc(s) to be enumerated. When DEVICE is
+# unset, wait for any remoteproc to be enumerated.
+wait_for_device() {
+    info_msg "Waiting ${WAIT_TIME} seconds for requested device to exist..."
+    for i in $(seq 1 "${WAIT_TIME}")
+    do
+      if [ -n "${DEVICE}" ]; then
+          # wait for all of the requested remoteprocs, not just the first one
+          missing=""
+          for name in ${DEVICE}; do
+              [ -z "$(remoteprocs_by_name "${name}")" ] && missing="${name}"
+          done
+          [ -z "${missing}" ] && break
+      else
+          [ -n "$(list_remoteprocs)" ] && break
+      fi
+      sleep 1
+    done
+}
+
+# Test run.
+create_out_dir "${OUTPUT}"
+
+info_msg "About to run remoteproc smoke test..."
+info_msg "Output directory: ${OUTPUT}"
+
+# remoteprocs are booted asynchronously, so they may not be enumerated yet
+wait_for_device
+
+if [ -n "${DEVICE}" ]; then
+    # a requested remoteproc which doesn't exist is a failure, unless it is one
+    # which is not expected to be running anyway
+    dirs=""
+    for name in ${DEVICE}; do
+        found="$(remoteprocs_by_name "${name}")"
+        if [ -z "${found}" ]; then
+            info_msg "No remoteproc named ${name}"
+            if is_skipped "${name}"; then
+                report_skip "remoteproc-${name}-running"
+            else
+                report_fail "remoteproc-${name}-running"
+            fi
+            continue
+        fi
+        dirs="${dirs} ${found}"
+    done
+else
+    # auto-detect all of the remoteprocs present on the DUT
+    dirs="$(list_remoteprocs)"
+    if [ -z "${dirs}" ]; then
+        report_skip "remoteproc-device-exists"
+        exit 0
+    fi
+    report_pass "remoteproc-device-exists"
+fi
+
+# test case names embed the remoteproc name, so they are unique and stay
+# comparable across runs
+for dir in ${dirs}; do
+    test_remoteproc_state "${dir}"
+done
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/automated/linux/remoteproc-smoke/remoteproc-smoke.yaml b/automated/linux/remoteproc-smoke/remoteproc-smoke.yaml
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+metadata:
+    format: Lava-Test Test Definition 1.0
+    name: remoteproc-smoke
+    description: "Check that the remoteprocs which the kernel is expected to
+      boot are running. Catches regressions where a DSP silently fails to come
+      up, e.g. because its firmware could not be loaded."
+    maintainer:
+        - loic.minier@oss.qualcomm.com
+    os:
+        - debian
+        - ubuntu
+        - centos
+        - fedora
+        - openembedded
+    scope:
+        - functional
+    devices:
+        - qcs6490-rb3gen2
+
+params:
+    # leave empty to auto-detect and test all remoteprocs present
+    DEVICE: ""
+    # remoteprocs which the kernel doesn't boot on its own, either because no
+    # firmware is shipped for them or because another subsystem owns their
+    # lifecycle, e.g. ath11k for wpss; see
+    # https://github.com/qualcomm/fastrpc/pull/372
+    SKIP: "modem wpss"
+    WAIT_TIME: 0
+
+run:
+    steps:
+        - cd ./automated/linux/remoteproc-smoke
+        - ./remoteproc-smoke-test.sh -d "${DEVICE}" -s "${SKIP}" -w "${WAIT_TIME}"
+        - ../../utils/send-to-lava.sh ./output/result.txt