[PATCH 0/3] testing/next: hot fixes (Makefile, gitlab, docker)

[PATCH 0/3] testing/next: hot fixes (Makefile, gitlab, docker)

[Alex Bennée]

The last testing/next which enabled MacOS broke check-functional-FOO
(which isn't directly called in GitLab CI). Revert the offending
commit and replace with a more hacky workaround in the gitlab
invocation itself.

Also include a fix to select the right docker fallback for building
mips things.

Please review.

Alex.

Alex Bennée (3):
  Revert "Makefile: include tests/Makefile.include before ninja
    calculation"
  gitlab: work around the inability to build targets for MacOS
  configure: use debian-all-test-cross for mipsel tcg tests

 configure              | 2 +-
 Makefile               | 4 ++--
 .gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH 1/3] Revert "Makefile: include tests/Makefile.include before ninja calculation"

[Alex Bennée]

This reverts commit fd63125b9089610d63a53c11ff2fda6b53a2265d which
broke the ability to run the check-functional-FOO series of tests.

We will need to try something else for the MacOS builds.

Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
---
 Makefile | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 829c51e364c..54547a37b1a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ include config-host.mak
 include Makefile.prereqs
 Makefile.prereqs: config-host.mak
 
-include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/Makefile.include
-
 # 0. ensure the build tree is okay
 
 # Check that we're not trying to do an out-of-tree build from
@@ -182,6 +180,8 @@ endif # config-host.mak does not exist
 
 SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS=$(if $(V),,--no-print-directory --quiet)
 
+include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/Makefile.include
+
 all: recurse-all
 
 SUBDIR_RULES=$(foreach t, all clean distclean, $(addsuffix /$(t), $(SUBDIRS)))
-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH 2/3] gitlab: work around the inability to build targets for MacOS

[Alex Bennée]

Unfortunately a previous fix to ensure .ninja-goals was set for the
TCG tests broken the ability to run check-functional-FOO. As we have
now reverted we need a solution for the MacOS gitlab run. The simplest
is to add an explicit make invocation to build the signed binaries
before we run the tests.

Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
---
 .gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
index f61750a3f4a..8366b4ad564 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     - cd build
     - ../configure --enable-werror $CONFIGURE_ARGS || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
     - $MAKE -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
+    - for TARGET in $TEST_BINARIES ; do $MAKE $TARGET ; done
     - for TARGET in $TEST_TARGETS ; do $MAKE $TARGET ; done
 
 aarch64-macos-15-build:
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ aarch64-macos-15-build:
         --cross-prefix-i386=i686-elf-
         --cross-prefix-x86_64=x86_64-elf-
         --disable-plugins
+    TEST_BINARIES: qemu-system-aarch64 qemu-system-i386 qemu-system-x86_64
     TEST_TARGETS: check-unit run-tcg-tests-aarch64-softmmu run-tcg-tests-i386-softmmu run-tcg-tests-x86_64-softmmu
 
 aarch64-macos-26-build:
@@ -60,4 +62,5 @@ aarch64-macos-26-build:
         --cross-prefix-i386=i686-elf-
         --cross-prefix-x86_64=x86_64-elf-
         --disable-plugins
+    TEST_BINARIES: qemu-system-aarch64 qemu-system-i386 qemu-system-x86_64
     TEST_TARGETS: check-unit run-tcg-tests-aarch64-softmmu run-tcg-tests-i386-softmmu run-tcg-tests-x86_64-softmmu
-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH 3/3] configure: use debian-all-test-cross for mipsel tcg tests

[Alex Bennée]

Although we have had the mips compilers in all-test-cross for a while
we had been surviving using the mipsel cross compiler image. However
when that was removed we missed updating the container to use.

Fixes: 366bb88e785 (buildsys: Remove MIPS cross containers)
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com>
Message-ID: <20260529181713.612230-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
---
 configure | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e138d83bc9f..1ceb4d7ecc4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ probe_target_compiler() {
         container_image=debian-all-test-cross
         container_cross_prefix=aarch64-linux-gnu-
         ;;
-      alpha|hppa|m68k|mips|riscv64|sh4|sparc64)
+      alpha|hppa|m68k|mips|mipsel|riscv64|sh4|sparc64)
         container_image=debian-all-test-cross
         ;;
       mips64)
-- 
2.47.3

Re: [PATCH 0/3] testing/next: hot fixes (Makefile, gitlab, docker)

[Cornelia Huck]

On Mon, Jun 01 2026, Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> wrote:

> The last testing/next which enabled MacOS broke check-functional-FOO
> (which isn't directly called in GitLab CI). Revert the offending
> commit and replace with a more hacky workaround in the gitlab
> invocation itself.
>
> Also include a fix to select the right docker fallback for building
> mips things.
>
> Please review.
>
> Alex.
>
> Alex Bennée (3):
>   Revert "Makefile: include tests/Makefile.include before ninja
>     calculation"
>   gitlab: work around the inability to build targets for MacOS
>   configure: use debian-all-test-cross for mipsel tcg tests
>
>  configure              | 2 +-
>  Makefile               | 4 ++--
>  .gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml | 3 +++
>  3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>

Tested-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com> # running tests on an s390x
                                               host at least

What is the expectation wrt the MacOS builds? I'm not getting any
runners (probably to the feature not being available for normal
accounts), but no other problems seem to show up.

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Revert "Makefile: include tests/Makefile.include before ninja calculation"

[Pierrick Bouvier]

On 6/1/2026 7:31 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
> This reverts commit fd63125b9089610d63a53c11ff2fda6b53a2265d which
> broke the ability to run the check-functional-FOO series of tests.
> 
> We will need to try something else for the MacOS builds.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
> ---
>  Makefile | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 829c51e364c..54547a37b1a 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ include config-host.mak
>  include Makefile.prereqs
>  Makefile.prereqs: config-host.mak
>  
> -include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/Makefile.include
> -
>  # 0. ensure the build tree is okay
>  
>  # Check that we're not trying to do an out-of-tree build from
> @@ -182,6 +180,8 @@ endif # config-host.mak does not exist
>  
>  SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS=$(if $(V),,--no-print-directory --quiet)
>  
> +include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/Makefile.include
> +
>  all: recurse-all
>  
>  SUBDIR_RULES=$(foreach t, all clean distclean, $(addsuffix /$(t), $(SUBDIRS)))

Maybe regression can be fixed by moving step 4. at the end of Makefile,
as suggested on the original thread.

But current reverts works also:
Reviewed-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com>

Re: [PATCH 2/3] gitlab: work around the inability to build targets for MacOS

[Pierrick Bouvier]

On 6/1/2026 7:31 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
> Unfortunately a previous fix to ensure .ninja-goals was set for the
> TCG tests broken the ability to run check-functional-FOO. As we have
> now reverted we need a solution for the MacOS gitlab run. The simplest
> is to add an explicit make invocation to build the signed binaries
> before we run the tests.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
> ---
>  .gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
> index f61750a3f4a..8366b4ad564 100644
> --- a/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
> +++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
>      - cd build
>      - ../configure --enable-werror $CONFIGURE_ARGS || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
>      - $MAKE -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
> +    - for TARGET in $TEST_BINARIES ; do $MAKE $TARGET ; done
>      - for TARGET in $TEST_TARGETS ; do $MAKE $TARGET ; done
>  
>  aarch64-macos-15-build:
> @@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ aarch64-macos-15-build:
>          --cross-prefix-i386=i686-elf-
>          --cross-prefix-x86_64=x86_64-elf-
>          --disable-plugins
> +    TEST_BINARIES: qemu-system-aarch64 qemu-system-i386 qemu-system-x86_64
>      TEST_TARGETS: check-unit run-tcg-tests-aarch64-softmmu run-tcg-tests-i386-softmmu run-tcg-tests-x86_64-softmmu
>  
>  aarch64-macos-26-build:
> @@ -60,4 +62,5 @@ aarch64-macos-26-build:
>          --cross-prefix-i386=i686-elf-
>          --cross-prefix-x86_64=x86_64-elf-
>          --disable-plugins
> +    TEST_BINARIES: qemu-system-aarch64 qemu-system-i386 qemu-system-x86_64
>      TEST_TARGETS: check-unit run-tcg-tests-aarch64-softmmu run-tcg-tests-i386-softmmu run-tcg-tests-x86_64-softmmu

Could make all be enough?

Reviewed-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com>

Re: [PATCH 3/3] configure: use debian-all-test-cross for mipsel tcg tests

[Pierrick Bouvier]

On 6/1/2026 7:31 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
> Although we have had the mips compilers in all-test-cross for a while
> we had been surviving using the mipsel cross compiler image. However
> when that was removed we missed updating the container to use.
> 
> Fixes: 366bb88e785 (buildsys: Remove MIPS cross containers)
> Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
> Reviewed-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com>
> Message-ID: <20260529181713.612230-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
> ---
>  configure | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com>

Re: [PATCH 2/3] gitlab: work around the inability to build targets for MacOS

[Alex Bennée]

Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com> writes:

> On 6/1/2026 7:31 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
>> Unfortunately a previous fix to ensure .ninja-goals was set for the
>> TCG tests broken the ability to run check-functional-FOO. As we have
>> now reverted we need a solution for the MacOS gitlab run. The simplest
>> is to add an explicit make invocation to build the signed binaries
>> before we run the tests.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
>> ---
>>  .gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml | 3 +++
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
>> index f61750a3f4a..8366b4ad564 100644
>> --- a/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
>> +++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
>> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
>>      - cd build
>>      - ../configure --enable-werror $CONFIGURE_ARGS || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
>>      - $MAKE -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
>> +    - for TARGET in $TEST_BINARIES ; do $MAKE $TARGET ; done
>>      - for TARGET in $TEST_TARGETS ; do $MAKE $TARGET ; done
>>  
>>  aarch64-macos-15-build:
>> @@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ aarch64-macos-15-build:
>>          --cross-prefix-i386=i686-elf-
>>          --cross-prefix-x86_64=x86_64-elf-
>>          --disable-plugins
>> +    TEST_BINARIES: qemu-system-aarch64 qemu-system-i386 qemu-system-x86_64
>>      TEST_TARGETS: check-unit run-tcg-tests-aarch64-softmmu run-tcg-tests-i386-softmmu run-tcg-tests-x86_64-softmmu
>>  
>>  aarch64-macos-26-build:
>> @@ -60,4 +62,5 @@ aarch64-macos-26-build:
>>          --cross-prefix-i386=i686-elf-
>>          --cross-prefix-x86_64=x86_64-elf-
>>          --disable-plugins
>> +    TEST_BINARIES: qemu-system-aarch64 qemu-system-i386 qemu-system-x86_64
>>      TEST_TARGETS: check-unit run-tcg-tests-aarch64-softmmu run-tcg-tests-i386-softmmu run-tcg-tests-x86_64-softmmu
>
> Could make all be enough?

No - not without the goal having the signed binaries in them.

>
> Reviewed-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com>

-- 
Alex Bennée
Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro

Re: [PATCH 2/3] gitlab: work around the inability to build targets for MacOS

[Pierrick Bouvier]

On 6/1/2026 9:15 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
> Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com> writes:
> 
>> On 6/1/2026 7:31 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
>>> Unfortunately a previous fix to ensure .ninja-goals was set for the
>>> TCG tests broken the ability to run check-functional-FOO. As we have
>>> now reverted we need a solution for the MacOS gitlab run. The simplest
>>> is to add an explicit make invocation to build the signed binaries
>>> before we run the tests.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
>>> ---
>>>  .gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml | 3 +++
>>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
>>> index f61750a3f4a..8366b4ad564 100644
>>> --- a/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
>>> +++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
>>> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
>>>      - cd build
>>>      - ../configure --enable-werror $CONFIGURE_ARGS || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
>>>      - $MAKE -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
>>> +    - for TARGET in $TEST_BINARIES ; do $MAKE $TARGET ; done
>>>      - for TARGET in $TEST_TARGETS ; do $MAKE $TARGET ; done
>>>  
>>>  aarch64-macos-15-build:
>>> @@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ aarch64-macos-15-build:
>>>          --cross-prefix-i386=i686-elf-
>>>          --cross-prefix-x86_64=x86_64-elf-
>>>          --disable-plugins
>>> +    TEST_BINARIES: qemu-system-aarch64 qemu-system-i386 qemu-system-x86_64
>>>      TEST_TARGETS: check-unit run-tcg-tests-aarch64-softmmu run-tcg-tests-i386-softmmu run-tcg-tests-x86_64-softmmu
>>>  
>>>  aarch64-macos-26-build:
>>> @@ -60,4 +62,5 @@ aarch64-macos-26-build:
>>>          --cross-prefix-i386=i686-elf-
>>>          --cross-prefix-x86_64=x86_64-elf-
>>>          --disable-plugins
>>> +    TEST_BINARIES: qemu-system-aarch64 qemu-system-i386 qemu-system-x86_64
>>>      TEST_TARGETS: check-unit run-tcg-tests-aarch64-softmmu run-tcg-tests-i386-softmmu run-tcg-tests-x86_64-softmmu
>>
>> Could make all be enough?
> 
> No - not without the goal having the signed binaries in them.
>

Which comes back to my initial (unanswered question), why do we need
signed binaries for running tcg tests?
Signed is only for HVF access.

>>
>> Reviewed-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com>
> 

Re: [PATCH 2/3] gitlab: work around the inability to build targets for MacOS

[Alex Bennée]

Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com> writes:

> On 6/1/2026 9:15 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
>> Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com> writes:
>> 
>>> On 6/1/2026 7:31 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
>>>> Unfortunately a previous fix to ensure .ninja-goals was set for the
>>>> TCG tests broken the ability to run check-functional-FOO. As we have
>>>> now reverted we need a solution for the MacOS gitlab run. The simplest
>>>> is to add an explicit make invocation to build the signed binaries
>>>> before we run the tests.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
>>>> ---
>>>>  .gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml | 3 +++
>>>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
>>>> index f61750a3f4a..8366b4ad564 100644
>>>> --- a/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
>>>> +++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
>>>> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
>>>>      - cd build
>>>>      - ../configure --enable-werror $CONFIGURE_ARGS || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
>>>>      - $MAKE -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
>>>> +    - for TARGET in $TEST_BINARIES ; do $MAKE $TARGET ; done
>>>>      - for TARGET in $TEST_TARGETS ; do $MAKE $TARGET ; done
>>>>  
>>>>  aarch64-macos-15-build:
>>>> @@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ aarch64-macos-15-build:
>>>>          --cross-prefix-i386=i686-elf-
>>>>          --cross-prefix-x86_64=x86_64-elf-
>>>>          --disable-plugins
>>>> +    TEST_BINARIES: qemu-system-aarch64 qemu-system-i386 qemu-system-x86_64
>>>>      TEST_TARGETS: check-unit run-tcg-tests-aarch64-softmmu run-tcg-tests-i386-softmmu run-tcg-tests-x86_64-softmmu
>>>>  
>>>>  aarch64-macos-26-build:
>>>> @@ -60,4 +62,5 @@ aarch64-macos-26-build:
>>>>          --cross-prefix-i386=i686-elf-
>>>>          --cross-prefix-x86_64=x86_64-elf-
>>>>          --disable-plugins
>>>> +    TEST_BINARIES: qemu-system-aarch64 qemu-system-i386 qemu-system-x86_64
>>>>      TEST_TARGETS: check-unit run-tcg-tests-aarch64-softmmu run-tcg-tests-i386-softmmu run-tcg-tests-x86_64-softmmu
>>>
>>> Could make all be enough?
>> 
>> No - not without the goal having the signed binaries in them.
>>
>
> Which comes back to my initial (unanswered question), why do we need
> signed binaries for running tcg tests?
> Signed is only for HVF access.

Because it exposes a bug in our build system: 20260505103649.68361-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org

Ideally we should build the final product - whatever it may be - from
make all. However I suspect we can't achieve that given the circular
Makefile dependency until check-tcg is integrated into meson.

I will review you suggested path forwards tomorrow.

>
>>>
>>> Reviewed-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com>
>> 

-- 
Alex Bennée
Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro

Re: [PATCH 2/3] gitlab: work around the inability to build targets for MacOS

[Pierrick Bouvier]

On 6/1/2026 10:30 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
> Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com> writes:
> 
>> On 6/1/2026 9:15 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
>>> Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 6/1/2026 7:31 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
>>>>> Unfortunately a previous fix to ensure .ninja-goals was set for the
>>>>> TCG tests broken the ability to run check-functional-FOO. As we have
>>>>> now reverted we need a solution for the MacOS gitlab run. The simplest
>>>>> is to add an explicit make invocation to build the signed binaries
>>>>> before we run the tests.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  .gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml | 3 +++
>>>>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
>>>>> index f61750a3f4a..8366b4ad564 100644
>>>>> --- a/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
>>>>> +++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
>>>>> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
>>>>>      - cd build
>>>>>      - ../configure --enable-werror $CONFIGURE_ARGS || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
>>>>>      - $MAKE -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
>>>>> +    - for TARGET in $TEST_BINARIES ; do $MAKE $TARGET ; done
>>>>>      - for TARGET in $TEST_TARGETS ; do $MAKE $TARGET ; done
>>>>>  
>>>>>  aarch64-macos-15-build:
>>>>> @@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ aarch64-macos-15-build:
>>>>>          --cross-prefix-i386=i686-elf-
>>>>>          --cross-prefix-x86_64=x86_64-elf-
>>>>>          --disable-plugins
>>>>> +    TEST_BINARIES: qemu-system-aarch64 qemu-system-i386 qemu-system-x86_64
>>>>>      TEST_TARGETS: check-unit run-tcg-tests-aarch64-softmmu run-tcg-tests-i386-softmmu run-tcg-tests-x86_64-softmmu
>>>>>  
>>>>>  aarch64-macos-26-build:
>>>>> @@ -60,4 +62,5 @@ aarch64-macos-26-build:
>>>>>          --cross-prefix-i386=i686-elf-
>>>>>          --cross-prefix-x86_64=x86_64-elf-
>>>>>          --disable-plugins
>>>>> +    TEST_BINARIES: qemu-system-aarch64 qemu-system-i386 qemu-system-x86_64
>>>>>      TEST_TARGETS: check-unit run-tcg-tests-aarch64-softmmu run-tcg-tests-i386-softmmu run-tcg-tests-x86_64-softmmu
>>>>
>>>> Could make all be enough?
>>>
>>> No - not without the goal having the signed binaries in them.
>>>
>>
>> Which comes back to my initial (unanswered question), why do we need
>> signed binaries for running tcg tests?
>> Signed is only for HVF access.
> 
> Because it exposes a bug in our build system: 20260505103649.68361-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org
> 
> Ideally we should build the final product - whatever it may be - from
> make all. However I suspect we can't achieve that given the circular
> Makefile dependency until check-tcg is integrated into meson.
> 
> I will review you suggested path forwards tomorrow.
>

Thanks for the link.
Maybe we could always build the signed binaries on macos?

>>
>>>>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com>
>>>
>