Re: [PATCH-for-6.0 v4 15/17] gitlab-ci: Add test for Xen (on CentOS 7)

[Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 05:38:24PM +0000, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 09:45:33PM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> > Xen packages are available in CentOS 7, but have been
> > removed from CentOS 8. Use the CentOS 7 container.
> 
> Technically Xen has never been in CentOS 8, I'm working on it, slowly.
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Cc: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Anthony Perard <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Paul Durrant <paul@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ---
> >  .gitlab-ci.yml | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
> > index 2f0da7b3dc1..8e15266c277 100644
> > --- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
> > +++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
> > @@ -557,6 +557,27 @@ check-crypto-only-gnutls:
> >      IMAGE: centos7
> >      MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check
> >  
> > +build-xen-centos:
> > +  <<: *native_build_job_definition
> > +  variables:
> > +    IMAGE: centos7
> > +    TARGETS: i386-softmmu x86_64-softmmu
> > +    CONFIGURE_ARGS: --enable-xen
> > +    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-build
> > +  artifacts:
> > +    paths:
> > +      - build
> > +
> > +check-xen-centos:
> > +  <<: *native_test_job_definition
> > +  needs:
> > +    - job: build-xen-centos
> > +      artifacts: true
> > +  variables:
> > +    IMAGE: centos7
> > +    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check
> 
> Is `make check` going to do something useful with the Xen support? Or is
> it going to need more work in order to test the Xen support of QEMU?
> (Like starting an actual Xen guest.)

I don't think it will test Xen support, but we still want to at
least check if --enable-xen doesn't break anything else.

Is there any public CI system anywhere where Xen support is
tested today?

-- 
Eduardo