Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] gitlab-ci: add an ARM32 qemu-based smoke test

[Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 06:46:53PM -0700, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> +curl -fsSLO 
> http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-armhf/current/images/netboot/vmlinuz
> +curl -fsSLO 
> http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-armhf/current/images/netboot/initrd.gz

    curl --fail --silent --show-error --location --remote-name

I didn't know what all those short options were, I had to write it
down. In script to be shared with others, I think it's better to use the
long options, as it's kind of self-documenting.

Now, there an issue with the command line, "--remote-name" (or -O) needs
to be replaced. We don't care about how the server calls the file, it is
much more important do know where it is going to be stored. Instead, you
should use "--output" to write the file to the location the script is
going to use. It happened to work now, but we don't have to trust
the Internet when not needed.

Also, maybe use "https"?


Also, maybe as an improvement for later, and to avoid having to rely on
the Internet, we could probably store those artifacts in the container
that's going to run the test. But I'm not asking this for now.

> +timeout -k 1 240 \
> +./qemu-system-arm \

There's probably a better way than waiting for the "timeout" like running an
"init" that print something and shutdown the machine. But I guess
that's ok for now.


Thanks,

-- 
Anthony PERARD