Re: [qemu-s390x] [PATCH v3 09/20] Boot Linux Console Test: update the x86_64 kernel

[Cornelia Huck]

On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 19:57:42 -0500
Cleber Rosa <address@hidden> wrote:

> To the stock Fedora 29 kernel, from the Fedora 28.  New tests will be
> added using the 29 kernel, so for consistency, let's also update it
> here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cleber Rosa <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Caio Carrara <address@hidden>
> ---
>  tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py 
> b/tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py
> index 89df7f6e4f..35b31162d4 100644
> --- a/tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py
> +++ b/tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py
> @@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ class BootLinuxConsole(Test):
>          :avocado: tags=arch:x86_64
>          :avocado: tags=machine:pc
>          """
> -        kernel_url = ('https://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/28/'
> +        kernel_url = ('https://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/29/'
>                        'Everything/x86_64/os/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz')
> -        kernel_hash = '238e083e114c48200f80d889f7e32eeb2793e02a'
> +        kernel_hash = '23bebd2680757891cf7adedb033532163a792495'
>          kernel_path = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_hash)
>  
>          self.vm.set_machine('pc')

This looks reasonable; but an obvious follow-up question is how we
handle updates to new distro levels in general.

I don't think we'll need to run acceptance tests on old qemus, though.