Re: [RFC PATCH 34/42] gitlab-ci: Build MIPS R5900 cross-toolchain (Gentoo based)

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 12:42:50PM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> On 2/14/21 6:59 PM, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> > Add a job to build the Gentoo based MIPS R5900 cross-toolchain image.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
> > ---
> >  .gitlab-ci.d/containers.yml | 7 +++++++
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/containers.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/containers.yml
> > index 587bd4ba2e3..f441e608446 100644
> > --- a/.gitlab-ci.d/containers.yml
> > +++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/containers.yml
> > @@ -152,6 +152,13 @@ mipsel-debian-cross-container:
> >    variables:
> >      NAME: debian-mipsel-cross
> >  
> > +mipsr5900el-gentoo-cross-container:
> > +  <<: *container_job_definition
> > +  variables:
> > +    NAME: gentoo-mipsr5900el-cross
> > +    EXTRA_FILES: 
> > tests/docker/dockerfiles/gentoo-mipsr5900el-cross.docker.d/crossdev.conf
> > +  timeout: 1h 30m
> 
> Well, depending of the runner hardware / load, this is not
> enough:
> 
> Duration: 132 minutes 17 seconds
> https://gitlab.com/philmd/qemu/-/jobs/1029975495

Yeah that's waaay too long to be part of standard CI.

> I'll use "2h 30" instead. I'm still looking how to make this job
> optional (or manual).

If it is manual who is ever going to run it and be willing to wait
2 hours for it. This just feels too long to be useful.

Regards,
Daniel
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