Re: [Xenomai-core] Proposal to use buildbot for Xenomai

[Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@domain.hid>]

Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Niklaus Giger wrote:
>> Am Samstag, 8. April 2006 10:44 schrieb Jan Kiszka:
>>> Niklaus Giger wrote:
>>>> Hi everybody
>> <..>
>>> This is a really great idea! Of course, I already have another test
>>> candidate in mind: RTnet 8). Specifically the PPC environment would be
>>> interesting, as our "buildbot" (sorry, Wolfgang G. ;) ) is typically
>>> very busy so that build regressions are sometimes only detected with
>>> delay on that platform. Is it also possible to explicitly trigger an
>>> update and rebuild?
>> Yes of course. Just select a buildslave (e.g. ppc or hcu3 -> 
>> http://ngiger.dyndns.org/buildbot/hcu3) and you may manually trigger it. I 
>> intentionally left this facility open for everybody to test it. But it would 
>> of course be possible to restrict it only to a few selected developers. 
>>
>> If you want, I can help you to setup the master.cfg for a rtnet buildbot.
> 
> I would love to, but you know - time...
> 
>>> But also for Xenomai I would see this as a very useful tool, e.g. for
>>> 2.4 build tests (I must confess I only test sporadically against this
>>> kernel).
>> I will add one. Could you please e-mail me (privately if you want) a working 
>> config (ppc, no cross compiling if possible). Or do you want to add a build 
>> slave under your control?
> 
> Hmm, I would prefer to just use something, especially as my PPC
> experiences are quite limited :). But I guess here are qualified people
> listening who can quickly dig out some config.

In arch/ppc/configs of the (DENX) 2.4 kernel are plenty of 
configurations for the PowerPC boards, e.g. TQM8620_defconfig, 
icecube_5200_defconfig, TQM866M_defconfig, etc. But we need cross 
compilation for most of the embedded boards. Do you need the 
configuration with IPIPE and Xenomai options enabled?

> 
>> <..>
>>> Is there no reset button you could control via a master station, e.g. by
>>> attaching some cheap electronic to a parallel or serial port?
>> There is a reset button, but then you have it running and consuming 
>> electricity all the times.
> 
> Yep, understandable.
> 
>>> I just remember that DENX once had or still have a remote PPC test-lab
>>> running. I CC'ed Wolfgang, maybe he could comment on this if and how it
>>> could be used.
>> I would be willing to setup a buildbot for the u-boot, too, as my board boots 
>> with a very outdated version of u-boot.

We simply use remote controllable power switches to switch the boards on 
and off.

Wolfgang.