Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] tests/qtest/migration: Change cpu for aarch64

[Jonathan Cameron via <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:52:45 -0300
Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de> wrote:

> Don't use the 'max' cpu for migration testing of aarch64. That cpu
> does not provide a stable set of features and is expected to break
> migration from time to time.

Whilst I can see the motivation, doesn't this leave us with a lack of
converage for new CPU features that are currently only in max?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
> ---
>  tests/qtest/migration/framework.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tests/qtest/migration/framework.c b/tests/qtest/migration/framework.c
> index f09365d122..6d980b6b51 100644
> --- a/tests/qtest/migration/framework.c
> +++ b/tests/qtest/migration/framework.c
> @@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ int migrate_start(QTestState **from, QTestState **to, const char *uri,
>          memory_size = "150M";
>          machine_alias = "virt";
>          machine_opts = "gic-version=3";
> -        arch_opts = g_strdup_printf("-cpu max -kernel %s", bootpath);
> +        arch_opts = g_strdup_printf("-cpu neoverse-n1 -kernel %s", bootpath);
>          start_address = ARM_TEST_MEM_START;
>          end_address = ARM_TEST_MEM_END;
>      } else {