Re: CI infrastructure for Windows PV drivers

[Paul Durrant <xadimgnik@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 16/06/2025 16:49, Tu Dinh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently interested in preparing a CI infrastructure for the
> Windows PV drivers.
Good :-)

> While I don't think there's currently interest in official signed
> drivers from the Xen Project, a CI infrastructure will still be useful
> for automated tests. In particular, I'm looking at the following:
>
> - Automated testsigned builds;
> - CodeQL checks;
> - Rudimentary automated tests for driver features, under Driver Verifier.
>
> Here are the needed resources:
> - Build server running some flavor of Windows;
> - Build tools: Visual Studio (Community?), WDK, etc.
I usually build using the EWDK so there's no need to install.

> - Several test VMs running various supported OSes on Xen (client,
> server, etc.)
>       - These VMs are preferably snapshot-capable to ease testing.
>
> I can volunteer to prepare the build scripts and tests. Cody pointed out
> to me during the last community call that we can get professional
> support to keep the build and test servers up to date and secure.
>
> I'd appreciate your input on this matter.
CI is a very good thing, which we have been lacking for too long. The 
old system was turned off due to lack of maintenance causing a security 
issue so clearly we don't want that to happen again.
Cheers,

  Paul