Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.7 Test Day Instructions for RC2+ : Call to action for people who added new features / functionality to Xen 4.7

[Lars Kurth <lars.kurth.xen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I cleaned the test page page up as much as I could and have time for and 
incorporated your input: see 
http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_4.7_RC_test_instructions 

Obviously there are still gaps, which could be filled. I did focus on top-level 
features and features which have a command-line impact. 

This means, that I didn't cover features such as VT-d posted interrupts, VMX 
TSC Scaling, huge PV-domains, ... If you do want to get them included and they 
are testable (even if as simple as "boot Xen <or whatever operation is needed> 
on HW with <xyz> feature (or even better HW of <xyz model>) in <foo-bar> 
mode"), feel free to add to the page.

Best Regards
Lars 

> On 9 May 2016, at 16:28, Lars Kurth <lars.kurth.xen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I added the following sections based on git logs to man pages. Authors are on 
> the CC list and should review and modify (or suggest edits by replying to 
> this thread). I added/updated/added TODO's to:
> 
> I do have some questions, to ...
> - Konrad/Ross: is there any documentation for xSplice which I have missed?
> - Julien: Any ARM specific stuff you want people to test?
> - Doug: are there any docs / tests for KCONFIG you want to push
> - George: are there any manual tests for credit 2 hard affinity, for hotplug 
> disk backends (drbd, iscsi, &c) and soft reset for HVM guests that should be 
> added?
> 
> For the following sections there are some TODO's - please verify and modify 
> and once OK, remove the TODO from the wiki pages.
> 
> VCPU-PIN (Juergen Gross)
> - 
> http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_4.7_RC_test_instructions#-f_option_for_xl_vcpu-pin
> 
> RTDS (Meng Xu, Chong Li)
> - Meng, you mention improvements to the RTDS scheduler in another thread
> - Are any specific test instructions needed in 
> http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_4.7_RC_test_instructions
> - 
> http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_4.7_RC_test_instructions#RTDS_scheduler_improvements
> 
> COLO (Wen Congyang)
> - http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/COLO_-_Coarse_Grain_Lock_Stepping
> - 
> http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_4.7_RC_test_instructions#COLO_-_Coarse_Grain_Lock_Stepping
> 
> USB (Chunyan Liu)
> - 
> http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_4.7_RC_test_instructions#USB_Support_for_xl
> - http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_USB_Passthrough#PVUSB
> - http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_USB_Passthrough#PVUSB_in_xl.2Flibxl
> 
> CDP (He Chen)
> - 
> http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_4.7_RC_test_instructions#Intel_Code_and_Data_Prioritization_.28CDP.29
> - 
> http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Intel_Platform_QoS_Technologies#Code_and_Data_Prioritization_.28CDP.29
> 
> Are there any other big items that are missing?
> 
> Regards
> Lars
> 
>> On 5 May 2016, at 18:08, Lars Kurth <lars.kurth.xen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I updated http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_Project_Test_Days and created 
>> http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_4.7_RC_test_instructions (note that we 
>> only have one page for all RC's now to avoid unnecessary copy and pasting).
>> 
>> For those who want new features to be tested, please expect to 
>> a) Explain what to test (a very short description of the feature)
>> b) Add some instructions on how to test (e.g. some command line instructions)
>> 
>> You can add a new headline (an example is marked with TODO) to either
>> - 
>> http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_4.7_RC_test_instructions#Specific_ARM_Test_Instructions
>> - 
>> http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_4.7_RC_test_instructions#Specific_x86_Test_Instructions
>> - OR 
>> http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_4.7_RC_test_instructions#RC_specific_things_to_test
>>  (under a specific RC heading)
>> 
>> I will start promoting Test Days from early next week (on the blog, but also 
>> on the mailing lists). The more specific test instructions for Xen 4.7 
>> related features, the better the coverage will be and the more likely people 
>> are to actually test.
>> 
>> Best Regards
>> Lars
> 


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