[cloud] Run comprehensive AWS instance type tests

Define a representative list of AWS instance types, validate that this
list is comprehensive using aws-types, and test each instance type in
the list using aws-test.

Use an explicit region for each type within the list, rather than
relying upon the automatic region selection in aws-test.  Using an
explicit region allows types to be manually balanced across regions if
necessary to avoid hitting quota limits, and also allows an instance
type to be moved to a different region if transient conditions
(e.g. shortage of metal instance types) cause a false negative test
failure.

Allow for an explicit list of skipped instance types to be defined, so
that known-failing types may be omitted.  At the time of writing, only
the m8g.metal and m9g.metal families are known not to work.  There is
unfortunately no way to cause a matrix job to be skipped based on a
matrix value, so only the job name indicates that the job was skipped.

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
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iPXE network bootloader

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iPXE is the leading open source network boot firmware. It provides a full PXE implementation enhanced with additional features such as:

  • boot from a web server via HTTP or HTTPS,

  • boot from an iSCSI, FCoE, or AoE SAN,

  • control the boot process with a script,

  • create interactive forms and menus.

You can use iPXE to replace the existing PXE ROM on your network card, or you can chainload into iPXE to obtain the features of iPXE without the hassle of reflashing.

iPXE is free, open-source software licensed under the GNU GPL (with some portions under GPL-compatible licences).

You can download the rolling release binaries (built from the latest commit), or use the most recent stable release.

For full documentation, visit the iPXE website.