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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 00/11] tests/vm: serial console autoinstall,
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Alex Bennée |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 00/11] tests/vm: serial console autoinstall, misc fixes. |
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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:21:26 +0100 |
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Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden> writes:
> This patch series changes the way virtual machines for test builds are
> managed. They are created locally on the developer machine now. The
> installer is booted on the serial console and the scripts walks through
> the dialogs to install and configure the guest.
>
> That takes the download.patchew.org server out of the loop and makes it
> alot easier to tweak the guest images (adding build dependencies for
> example).
>
> The install scripts take care to apply host proxy settings (from *_proxy
> environment variables) to the guest, so any package downloads will be
> routed through the proxy and can be cached that way. This also makes
> them work behind strict firewalls.
>
> There are also a bunch of smaller tweaks for tests/vm to fix issues I
> was struggling with. See commit messages of individual patches for
> details.
>
> v4:
> - rebase, drop patches merged.
> - use in-tree seabios binary, for serial console support.
> - some minor tweaks.
> v3:
> - python3 fixes.
> - openbsd: configure memory limits.
> - freebsd: configure autoboot delay.
>
<snip>
> tests/vm: openbsd autoinstall, using serial console
> tests/vm: freebsd autoinstall, using serial console
> tests/vm: netbsd autoinstall, using serial console
> tests/vm: fedora autoinstall, using serial console
For reference there are some minor conflicts with Cleber's copy cleanups
currently in my testing/next. The easiest fix was to apply to a clean
origin/master and then rebase it so I could deal with the conflicts in
git.
Currently testing it out:
https://github.com/stsquad/qemu/tree/review/test-vm-serial-v4
--
Alex Bennée
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 06/11] tests/vm: serial console support helpers, (continued)
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 05/11] tests/vm: add vm-boot-{ssh, serial}-<guest> targets, Gerd Hoffmann, 2019/06/17
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 10/11] tests/vm: fedora autoinstall, using serial console, Gerd Hoffmann, 2019/06/17
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 07/11] tests/vm: openbsd autoinstall, using serial console, Gerd Hoffmann, 2019/06/17
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 09/11] tests/vm: netbsd autoinstall, using serial console, Gerd Hoffmann, 2019/06/17
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 08/11] tests/vm: freebsd autoinstall, using serial console, Gerd Hoffmann, 2019/06/17
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 00/11] tests/vm: serial console autoinstall, misc fixes.,
Alex Bennée <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 00/11] tests/vm: serial console autoinstall, misc fixes., Alex Bennée, 2019/06/17