Re: [PATCH] Config: use Mini-OS master for xen-unstable

[Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>]

On 01.09.21 10:59, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 31.08.2021 09:30, Juergen Gross wrote:
> > In order to get Mini-OS master branch tested by OSStest, use it for
> > xen-unstable.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > There are some Mini-OS patches pending, of which at least the Mini-OS
> > netfront fix should be committed as it will be required for qemu-stubdom
> > to work.
> > ---
> >   Config.mk | 2 +-
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Config.mk b/Config.mk
> > index 4d723eec1d..d4e8ced104 100644
> > --- a/Config.mk
> > +++ b/Config.mk
> > @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ MINIOS_UPSTREAM_URL ?= git://xenbits.xen.org/mini-os.git
> >   endif
> >   OVMF_UPSTREAM_REVISION ?= b37cfdd2807181aed2fee1e17bd7ec1190db266a
> >   QEMU_UPSTREAM_REVISION ?= master
> > -MINIOS_UPSTREAM_REVISION ?= 051b87bb9c19609976fb038f386920e1ce5454c5
> > +MINIOS_UPSTREAM_REVISION ?= master
> I'm afraid this, effectively reverting 82c3d15c903a ("minios: Revert recent
> change and revert to working minios"), would set us up for the same problem
> again that was dealt with there. IOW you're re-proposing a change of yours
> (e013e8514389 ["config: use mini-os master for unstable"]) which was
> subsequently reverted, without spelling out what has since changed.
How do you suggest to proceed then?

Will every Mini-OS commit require to be followed by a Xen commit then,
which will either result in a test success, or in a revert of that Xen
commit?

It should be noted that the presumed interface change in Mini-OS causing
the failure in OSStest last year has been reverted by me.


Juergen

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