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* [PATCH v2 00/33] remove vagrant and bootlinux shape up
@ 2025-07-28  1:14 Luis Chamberlain
  2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 01/33] vagrant: remove entire vagrant configuration directory Luis Chamberlain
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  0 siblings, 34 replies; 35+ messages in thread
From: Luis Chamberlain @ 2025-07-28  1:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Chuck Lever, Daniel Gomez, kdevops; +Cc: Luis Chamberlain

On this v2 I just dropped the accidental patches which Chuck asked for
and merged the fixes onto his patches. That's it.

Chuck Lever (21):
  terraform: Clean up the destroy tasks
  Switch to the cloud.terraform.terraform module
  terraform: Make use of the new "terraform_output" module
  terraform: Move "wait_for_connection" out of the terraform playbook
  terraform: Remove "delegate_to: localhost"
  terraform: Replace scripts/status_terraform.sh
  Kconfig: Convert the 9p option to a choice menu
  bootlinux: Relocate tasks that select a kernel .config
  bootlinux: Simplify tasks that select the kernel .config to build
  bootlinux: Select the kernel .config earlier
  bootlinux: Move 9p build tasks to a subrole
  bootlinux: Move tasks for building on target nodes to a subrole
  bootlinux: Clean up a grub set-up task
  bootlinux: Harden update-grub/install.yml
  Add a guest/instance for building the test kernel
  bootlinux: Add a new builder choice
  workflows: Add a kconfig setting for installing kernels via package
  bootlinux: Enclose tasks to find kernel release name in a block:
  bootlinux: Pick up kernel release info for pre-built packages
  bootlinux: Install pre-built kernels from packages
  bootlinux: Add an option to build with clang instead of gcc

Luis Chamberlain (12):
  vagrant: remove entire vagrant configuration directory
  kconfigs: fix Kconfig references after vagrant removal
  scripts: remove Vagrant-specific scripts and Makefiles
  playbooks: remove Vagrant-specific playbooks and roles
  gitignore: remove Vagrant-specific ignore patterns
  docs: remove Vagrant-specific documentation files
  Remove all remaining Vagrant references from codebase
  bootlinux: fix making 9p default if using libvirt
  Makefile: add make style for style checking
  CLAUDE.md: new workflow guide for hosts and nodes
  CLAUDE.md: add don't BS rules
  gen_nodes/gen_hosts: avoid usage of fs_config_path on task names

 .gitignore                                    |   5 -
 CLAUDE.md                                     | 720 ++++++++++++++++++
 ...e => Kconfig.passthrough_libvirt.generated |   0
 Makefile                                      |  12 +-
 Makefile.kdevops                              |  32 +-
 Makefile.subtrees                             |   4 +-
 docs/custom-vagrant-boxes.md                  | 581 --------------
 docs/kdevops-vagrant.md                       | 130 ----
 docs/the-gen-nodes-ansible-role-vagrant.md    |  78 --
 docs/why-vagrant.md                           |  66 --
 kconfigs/Kconfig.ansible_provisioning         |   3 +-
 kconfigs/Kconfig.bringup                      |  11 +-
 kconfigs/Kconfig.hypervisor                   |   4 +-
 kconfigs/Kconfig.kdevops                      |   5 -
 kconfigs/Kconfig.kernel-ci                    |   5 +-
 kconfigs/Kconfig.libvirt                      |  73 +-
 kconfigs/Kconfig.libvirt.largeio              |   2 +-
 kconfigs/Kconfig.ssh                          |   6 +-
 kconfigs/workflows/Kconfig                    |  18 +
 kconfigs/workflows/Kconfig.data_partition     |   8 +-
 kconfigs/workflows/Kconfig.shared             |   4 -
 kdevops-ci                                    |   1 +
 playbooks/install_vagrant_boxes.yml           |   5 -
 .../blktests/augment_expunge_list.py          |   3 +-
 .../workflows/fstests/augment_expunge_list.py |   5 +-
 playbooks/roles/bootlinux/defaults/main.yml   |  16 +-
 playbooks/roles/bootlinux/tasks/build/9p.yml  | 205 +++++
 .../roles/bootlinux/tasks/build/builder.yml   | 264 +++++++
 .../roles/bootlinux/tasks/build/targets.yml   | 125 +++
 playbooks/roles/bootlinux/tasks/config.yml    |  38 +
 .../tasks/install-deps/redhat/main.yml        |  34 +
 .../install-minimal-deps/debian/main.yml      |  19 +
 .../tasks/install-minimal-deps/main.yml       |  15 +
 .../install-minimal-deps/redhat/main.yml      |  27 +
 .../tasks/install-minimal-deps/suse/main.yml  |  13 +
 .../bootlinux/tasks/install/packages.yml      |  41 +
 playbooks/roles/bootlinux/tasks/main.yml      | 477 +-----------
 .../bootlinux/tasks/update-grub/install.yml   | 128 +++-
 playbooks/roles/devconfig/defaults/main.yml   |   2 +-
 .../devconfig/scripts/prepare_suse_repos.sh   |   2 +-
 playbooks/roles/gen_hosts/defaults/main.yml   |   3 +
 playbooks/roles/gen_hosts/tasks/main.yml      |  16 +-
 .../roles/gen_hosts/templates/builder.j2      |  13 +
 playbooks/roles/gen_nodes/defaults/main.yml   |  14 +-
 playbooks/roles/gen_nodes/tasks/main.yml      |  24 +-
 .../roles/gen_nodes/templates/Vagrantfile.j2  | 478 ------------
 .../kdevops_nodes_split_start.j2.yaml         | 171 -----
 .../roles/gen_pci_kconfig/tasks/main.yml      |   2 +-
 .../roles/guestfs/tasks/bringup/main.yml      |  10 +
 .../roles/install_vagrant_boxes/README.md     |  46 --
 .../install_vagrant_boxes/defaults/main.yml   |   6 -
 .../scripts/add-box-if-missing.sh             |  48 --
 .../install_vagrant_boxes/tasks/main.yml      |  49 --
 playbooks/roles/terraform/tasks/main.yml      |  70 +-
 .../roles/terraform/templates/ssh_config.j2   |   4 +-
 .../roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/README.md |  66 --
 .../defaults/main.yml                         |  13 -
 .../python/update_ssh_config.py               |   1 -
 .../update_ssh_config_vagrant/tasks/main.yml  |  69 --
 .../update_ssh_config/.gitignore              |   6 -
 .../update_ssh_config/.travis.yml             |  12 -
 .../update_ssh_config/CONTRIBUTING            |  49 --
 .../update_ssh_config/LICENSE                 | 239 ------
 .../update_ssh_config/Makefile                |  15 -
 .../update_ssh_config/README.md               | 159 ----
 .../test_update_ssh_config.py                 | 417 ----------
 .../tests/0001_remove_hosts_top.orig          |  53 --
 .../tests/0001_remove_hosts_top.res           |  33 -
 .../tests/0002_remove_hosts_middle.orig       |  53 --
 .../tests/0002_remove_hosts_middle.res        |  33 -
 .../tests/0003_remove_hosts_bottom.orig       |  53 --
 .../tests/0003_remove_hosts_bottom.res        |  33 -
 .../tests/0004_remove_hosts_missing.orig      |  33 -
 .../tests/0004_remove_hosts_missing.res       |  33 -
 .../tests/0005_remove_hosts_similar.orig      |  53 --
 .../tests/0005_remove_hosts_similar.res       |  53 --
 .../tests/0006_add_hosts_manual.orig          |  33 -
 .../tests/0006_add_hosts_manual.res           |  53 --
 ..._remove_hosts_two_separate_ops_top.add.res |  53 --
 ...add_remove_hosts_two_separate_ops_top.orig |  53 --
 ...move_hosts_two_separate_ops_top.remove.res |  33 -
 .../0008_add_remove_hosts_one_shot_top.orig   |   1 -
 .../0008_add_remove_hosts_one_shot_top.res    |   1 -
 ..._hosts_vagrant_emulate_top.emulate_vagrant |  20 -
 .../0009_add_hosts_vagrant_emulate_top.orig   |   1 -
 .../0009_add_hosts_vagrant_emulate_top.res    |  53 --
 ...rithms_vagrant_emulate_top.emulate_vagrant |  20 -
 ...sts_kexalgorithms_vagrant_emulate_top.orig |  53 --
 ...osts_kexalgorithms_vagrant_emulate_top.res |  55 --
 ...two_separate_ops_kexalgorithms_top.add.res |  55 --
 ...ts_two_separate_ops_kexalgorithms_top.orig |  53 --
 ..._separate_ops_kexalgorithms_top.remove.res |  33 -
 .../0012_add_remove_hosts_empty_file.res      |  20 -
 .../update_ssh_config/update_ssh_config.py    | 325 --------
 .../update_ssh_config_vagrant/vars/main.yml   |   1 -
 playbooks/terraform.yml                       |   3 +-
 playbooks/update_ssh_config_vagrant.yml       |   4 -
 scripts/bringup.Makefile                      |   3 -
 scripts/bringup_vagrant.sh                    | 101 ---
 scripts/check_commit_format.py                |  85 +++
 scripts/check_distro_kconfig.sh               |   6 +-
 scripts/check_pciepassthrough_kconfig.sh      |   6 +-
 scripts/ci.Makefile                           |   8 +
 scripts/destroy_vagrant.sh                    |  30 -
 scripts/detect_whitespace_issues.py           | 109 +++
 scripts/dynamic-pci-kconfig.Makefile          |   4 +-
 scripts/fix_whitespace_issues.py              | 137 ++++
 scripts/gen-nodes.Makefile                    |   5 -
 scripts/get-distro-default-bridge.sh          |  11 +-
 scripts/provision.Makefile                    |   4 -
 scripts/prune_stale_vagrant.sh                | 164 ----
 scripts/status_terraform.sh                   |  17 -
 scripts/terraform.Makefile                    |  12 +-
 scripts/tests.Makefile                        |   1 -
 scripts/vagrant.Makefile                      | 109 ---
 scripts/workflows/generic/run_kernel_ci.sh    |   4 +-
 terraform/azure/main.tf                       |   2 +-
 vagrant/.gitignore                            |   2 -
 vagrant/Kconfig                               | 295 -------
 vagrant/Kconfig.debian                        |  46 --
 vagrant/Kconfig.fedora                        |  29 -
 vagrant/Kconfig.kdevops                       |  42 -
 vagrant/Kconfig.opensuse                      | 144 ----
 vagrant/Kconfig.pcie_passthrough_libvirt      |  53 --
 workflows/blktests/Kconfig                    |   9 +-
 workflows/demos/reboot-limit/Makefile         |   2 +-
 workflows/fstests/Kconfig                     |   2 -
 .../xfs/unassigned/fstests-next-20230515      | 347 ---------
 workflows/fstests/xfs/Kconfig                 |   2 -
 workflows/linux/Kconfig                       |  90 ++-
 workflows/linux/Kconfig.linus                 |   1 -
 workflows/linux/Kconfig.mcgrof                |   1 -
 workflows/linux/Kconfig.modules               |   1 -
 workflows/linux/Kconfig.next                  |   1 -
 workflows/linux/Kconfig.stable                |   1 -
 workflows/linux/Kconfig.vfs                   |   1 -
 workflows/linux/Kconfig.xfs                   |   1 -
 workflows/linux/Makefile                      |   5 +-
 138 files changed, 2276 insertions(+), 6157 deletions(-)
 rename vagrant/Kconfig.suse => Kconfig.passthrough_libvirt.generated (100%)
 delete mode 100644 docs/custom-vagrant-boxes.md
 delete mode 100644 docs/kdevops-vagrant.md
 delete mode 100644 docs/the-gen-nodes-ansible-role-vagrant.md
 delete mode 100644 docs/why-vagrant.md
 create mode 160000 kdevops-ci
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/install_vagrant_boxes.yml
 create mode 100644 playbooks/roles/bootlinux/tasks/build/9p.yml
 create mode 100644 playbooks/roles/bootlinux/tasks/build/builder.yml
 create mode 100644 playbooks/roles/bootlinux/tasks/build/targets.yml
 create mode 100644 playbooks/roles/bootlinux/tasks/config.yml
 create mode 100644 playbooks/roles/bootlinux/tasks/install-minimal-deps/debian/main.yml
 create mode 100644 playbooks/roles/bootlinux/tasks/install-minimal-deps/main.yml
 create mode 100644 playbooks/roles/bootlinux/tasks/install-minimal-deps/redhat/main.yml
 create mode 100644 playbooks/roles/bootlinux/tasks/install-minimal-deps/suse/main.yml
 create mode 100644 playbooks/roles/bootlinux/tasks/install/packages.yml
 create mode 100644 playbooks/roles/gen_hosts/templates/builder.j2
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/gen_nodes/templates/Vagrantfile.j2
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/gen_nodes/templates/kdevops_nodes_split_start.j2.yaml
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/install_vagrant_boxes/README.md
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/install_vagrant_boxes/defaults/main.yml
 delete mode 100755 playbooks/roles/install_vagrant_boxes/scripts/add-box-if-missing.sh
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/install_vagrant_boxes/tasks/main.yml
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/README.md
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/defaults/main.yml
 delete mode 120000 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/python/update_ssh_config.py
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/tasks/main.yml
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/.gitignore
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/.travis.yml
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/CONTRIBUTING
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/LICENSE
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 delete mode 100755 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/test_update_ssh_config.py
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/tests/0001_remove_hosts_top.orig
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/tests/0001_remove_hosts_top.res
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 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/tests/0003_remove_hosts_bottom.orig
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 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/tests/0004_remove_hosts_missing.orig
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 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/tests/0005_remove_hosts_similar.orig
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 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/tests/0006_add_hosts_manual.orig
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/tests/0006_add_hosts_manual.res
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/tests/0007_add_remove_hosts_two_separate_ops_top.add.res
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/tests/0007_add_remove_hosts_two_separate_ops_top.orig
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/tests/0007_add_remove_hosts_two_separate_ops_top.remove.res
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 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/tests/0010_add_hosts_kexalgorithms_vagrant_emulate_top.emulate_vagrant
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/tests/0010_add_hosts_kexalgorithms_vagrant_emulate_top.orig
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 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/tests/0011_add_remove_hosts_two_separate_ops_kexalgorithms_top.add.res
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/tests/0011_add_remove_hosts_two_separate_ops_kexalgorithms_top.orig
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/tests/0011_add_remove_hosts_two_separate_ops_kexalgorithms_top.remove.res
 delete mode 100644 playbooks/roles/update_ssh_config_vagrant/update_ssh_config/tests/0012_add_remove_hosts_empty_file.res
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 delete mode 100755 scripts/bringup_vagrant.sh
 create mode 100755 scripts/check_commit_format.py
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 create mode 100755 scripts/detect_whitespace_issues.py
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 delete mode 100755 scripts/status_terraform.sh
 delete mode 100644 scripts/vagrant.Makefile
 delete mode 100644 vagrant/.gitignore
 delete mode 100644 vagrant/Kconfig
 delete mode 100644 vagrant/Kconfig.debian
 delete mode 100644 vagrant/Kconfig.fedora
 delete mode 100644 vagrant/Kconfig.kdevops
 delete mode 100644 vagrant/Kconfig.opensuse
 delete mode 100644 vagrant/Kconfig.pcie_passthrough_libvirt
 delete mode 100644 workflows/fstests/expunges/6.4.0-rc2-next-20230515/xfs/unassigned/fstests-next-20230515

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2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 02/33] kconfigs: fix Kconfig references after vagrant removal Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 03/33] scripts: remove Vagrant-specific scripts and Makefiles Luis Chamberlain
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2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 05/33] gitignore: remove Vagrant-specific ignore patterns Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 06/33] docs: remove Vagrant-specific documentation files Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 07/33] Remove all remaining Vagrant references from codebase Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 08/33] terraform: Clean up the destroy tasks Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 09/33] Switch to the cloud.terraform.terraform module Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 10/33] terraform: Make use of the new "terraform_output" module Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 11/33] terraform: Move "wait_for_connection" out of the terraform playbook Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 12/33] terraform: Remove "delegate_to: localhost" Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 13/33] terraform: Replace scripts/status_terraform.sh Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 14/33] Kconfig: Convert the 9p option to a choice menu Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 15/33] bootlinux: fix making 9p default if using libvirt Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 16/33] bootlinux: Relocate tasks that select a kernel .config Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 17/33] bootlinux: Simplify tasks that select the kernel .config to build Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 18/33] bootlinux: Select the kernel .config earlier Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 19/33] bootlinux: Move 9p build tasks to a subrole Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 20/33] bootlinux: Move tasks for building on target nodes " Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 21/33] bootlinux: Clean up a grub set-up task Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 22/33] bootlinux: Harden update-grub/install.yml Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 23/33] Add a guest/instance for building the test kernel Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 24/33] bootlinux: Add a new builder choice Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 25/33] workflows: Add a kconfig setting for installing kernels via package Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 26/33] bootlinux: Enclose tasks to find kernel release name in a block: Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 27/33] bootlinux: Pick up kernel release info for pre-built packages Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 28/33] bootlinux: Install pre-built kernels from packages Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 29/33] bootlinux: Add an option to build with clang instead of gcc Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 30/33] Makefile: add make style for style checking Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 31/33] CLAUDE.md: new workflow guide for hosts and nodes Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 32/33] CLAUDE.md: add don't BS rules Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-28  1:14 ` [PATCH v2 33/33] gen_nodes/gen_hosts: avoid usage of fs_config_path on task names Luis Chamberlain
2025-07-29 20:07 ` [PATCH v2 00/33] remove vagrant and bootlinux shape up Luis Chamberlain

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