Re: [PATCH 0/5] QEMU Gating CI

[Cleber Rosa]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Maydell" <address@hidden>
> To: "Markus Armbruster" <address@hidden>
> Cc: "Fam Zheng" <address@hidden>, "Thomas Huth" <address@hidden>, "Beraldo 
> Leal" <address@hidden>, "Erik
> Skultety" <address@hidden>, "Alex Bennée" <address@hidden>, "Wainer 
> Moschetta" <address@hidden>,
> "QEMU Developers" <address@hidden>, "Wainer dos Santos Moschetta" 
> <address@hidden>, "Willian Rampazzo"
> <address@hidden>, "Cleber Rosa" <address@hidden>, "Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" 
> <address@hidden>, "Eduardo
> Habkost" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 8:53:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] QEMU Gating CI
> 
> On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 at 16:33, Markus Armbruster <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Peter Maydell <address@hidden> writes:
> > > I think we should start by getting the gitlab setup working
> > > for the basic "x86 configs" first. Then we can try adding
> > > a runner for s390 (that one's logistically easiest because
> > > it is a project machine, not one owned by me personally or
> > > by Linaro) once the basic framework is working, and expand
> > > from there.
> >
> > Makes sense to me.
> >
> > Next steps to get this off the ground:
> >
> > * Red Hat provides runner(s) for x86 stuff we care about.
> >
> > * If that doesn't cover 'basic "x86 configs" in your judgement, we
> >   fill the gaps as described below under "Expand from there".
> >
> > * Add an s390 runner using the project machine you mentioned.
> >
> > * Expand from there: identify the remaining gaps, map them to people /
> >   organizations interested in them, and solicit contributions from these
> >   guys.
> >
> > A note on contributions: we need both hardware and people.  By people I
> > mean maintainers for the infrastructure, the tools and all the runners.
> > Cleber & team are willing to serve for the infrastructure, the tools and
> > the Red Hat runners.
> 
> So, with 5.0 nearly out the door it seems like a good time to check
> in on this thread again to ask where we are progress-wise with this.
> My impression is that this patchset provides most of the scripting
> and config side of the first step, so what we need is for RH to provide
> an x86 runner machine and tell the gitlab CI it exists. I appreciate
> that the whole coronavirus and working-from-home situation will have
> upended everybody's plans, especially when actual hardware might
> be involved, but how's it going ?
> 

Hi Peter,

You hit the nail in the head here.  We were affected indeed with our ability
to move some machines from one lab to another (across the country), but we're
actively working on it.

>From now on, I'll give you an update every time a significant event occurs on
our side.

> thanks
> -- PMM
> 
> 

Thanks for checking in!
- Cleber.