Re: [PATCH v6 1/9] tests/vm: Add configuration to basevm.py

["Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>]

Robert Foley <robert.foley@linaro.org> writes:

> Added use of a configuration to tests/vm/basevm.py.
> The configuration provides parameters used to configure a VM.
> This allows for providing alternate configurations to the VM being
> created/launched. cpu, machine, memory, and NUMA configuration are all
> examples of configuration which we might want to vary on the VM being created
> or launched.
> This will for example allow for creating an aarch64 vm.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Foley <robert.foley@linaro.org>
> Reviewed-by: Peter Puhov <peter.puhov@linaro.org>
<snip>
> @@ -61,19 +86,30 @@ class BaseVM(object):
>      # 4 is arbitrary, but greater than 2,
>      # since we found we need to wait more than twice as long.
>      tcg_ssh_timeout_multiplier = 4
> -    def __init__(self, debug=False, vcpus=None):
> +    def __init__(self, debug=False, vcpus=None, config=None):
>          self._guest = None
<snip>
>                                     else logging.WARN))
> -        vm = vmcls(debug=args.debug, vcpus=args.jobs)
> +        vm = vmcls(debug=args.debug, vcpus=args.jobs, config=config)

Given the number of times I've just had to fix merge failures with the
patches I've just sent I wonder if we should just pass args as a while
to vmcls and be done with it?

>          if args.build_image:
>              if os.path.exists(args.image) and not args.force:
>                  sys.stderr.writelines(["Image file exists: %s\n" % args.image,


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Alex Bennée