Re: [Qemu-devel] buildbot failure in qemu on default_mingw32

[Corey Bryant <coreyb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On 02/07/2012 09:59 AM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Corey Bryant<coreyb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>  wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 02/07/2012 05:28 AM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Corey Bryant<coreyb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 02/04/2012 03:29 AM, Stefan Weil wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 04.02.2012 00:43, schrieb Anthony Liguori:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 02/03/2012 06:11 PM, qemu@buildbot.b1-systems.de wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Buildbot has detected a new failure on builder default_mingw32
>>>>>>> while building qemu.
>>>>>>> Full details are available at:
>>>>>>> http://buildbot.b1-systems.de/qemu/builders/default_mingw32/builds/167
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Buildbot URL: http://buildbot.b1-systems.de/qemu/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Buildslave for this Build: kraxel_rhel61
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Build Reason: The Nightly scheduler named 'nightly_default' triggered
>>>>>>> this build
>>>>>>> Build Source Stamp: [branch master] HEAD
>>>>>>> Blamelist:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> BUILD FAILED: failed compile
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Corey,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This came in through your net bridge helper series. Can you send a
>>>>>> patch for this? Stefan Weil may be able to help you figure out what's
>>>>>> needed here for win32.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anthony Liguori
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> removing the bridge code for hosts which don't support it (quote from
>>>>> Corey's commit: "this is very Linux centric")
>>>>> seems currently the best solution. I just sent a patch which does this
>>>>> for w32 hosts. Maybe BSD also should be
>>>>> added.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Stefan Weil
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Who can I talk to about BSD?
>>>
>>>
>>> Are you looking for someone to test BSD or are you volunteering to add
>>> a BSD build slave?
>>>
>>> If you want to add a BSD build slave to the buildbot, please email
>>> Daniel Gollub<gollub@b1-systems.de>.  You can find out more
>>> information here:
>>> http://wiki.qemu.org/ContinuousIntegration
>>>
>>> Stefan
>>>
>>
>> Thanks.  I'm more concerned with breaking a BSD build.  I'm not a BSD guy.
>>   It looks like BSD doesn't have unique net_init_* functions so I don't think
>> they'll get an "undefined reference to `net_init_bridge'" compile error like
>> win32.
>>
>> Someone to test would be great too though! :)  I'm not familiar with how
>> this typically works.  I assume they'll pick it up eventually and try it
>> out.
>
> Gerd Hoffman and Brad Smith have OpenBSD buildslaves which run nightly
> builds.  These builds cover qemu.git/master but also Kevin's block
> tree and a couple more.  So in the worst case the build would break
> noisily when your patch gets merged into qemu.git/master.
>
> If your patch travels up through Kevin's block tree or another
> subsystem tree, then a buildbot failure notification would be sent to
> the mailing list before qemu.git/master is broken :).
>
> I hope this explains what to expect regarding BSD build breakage.
>
> Stefan
>

Thanks for the explanation.  Very much appreciated!

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Regards,
Corey