From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: regression tests? (was Re: [PATCH] kvm-userspace: move x86 specific calls introduced by device assignement to x86 files) Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:55:15 +0200 Message-ID: <49107063.8060307@redhat.com> References: <2e906c6317462fb1b551.1225732600@HelionPrime> <49101FB7.3070000@redhat.com> <1225811886.15410.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4910697E.8020006@redhat.com> <1225813176.15410.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org, kvm To: Hollis Blanchard Return-path: Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:42724 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752901AbYKDPzU (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Nov 2008 10:55:20 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1225813176.15410.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hollis Blanchard wrote: >> I have a fairly slow regression test for x86. I would really like to >> get at least build tests for the other archs. I actually have a ppc box >> I could use for it, just need to set it up in some corner and start testing. >> > > Out of curiosity, do you run the slow x86 tests after every commit? > After every batch of commits? Weekly? > Depends on the changes. I certainly batch commits, and even pipeline (keep committing while the test is running, in the expectation that is succeeds). I don't batch qemu merges as they are more likely to fail one test or another. > Please let us know if we can help set up the PowerPC stuff; it's pretty > important to us to avoid these sorts of problems in the future. We have > tried to write fairly comprehensive build directions at > http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/PowerPC_Source and runtime information > at http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/PowerPC_Run . > Thanks. I have to start by unpacking the box... -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function