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Re: [Xen-devel] [OSSTEST Nested PATCH v7 3/6] Changes on test step of debain hvm guest install



On Wed, 2015-04-01 at 08:19 +0000, Pang, LongtaoX wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ian Campbell [mailto:ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 9:56 PM
> > To: Pang, LongtaoX
> > Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx;
> > Hu, Robert
> > Subject: Re: [OSSTEST Nested PATCH v7 3/6] Changes on test step of debain
> > hvm guest install
> > 
> > On Fri, 2015-03-27 at 19:06 -0400, longtao.pang wrote:
> > > 1. Increase disk size to accomodate to nested test requirment.
> > 
> > "accommodate" and "requirement"
> > 
> > Ian, are you OK with this generic change or would you prefer a runvar? I
> > suspect the answer is going to be runvar.
> > 
> So, should I waiting for Ian Jackson's reply and then take next action?

Yes, or you could just make it a runvar because I'm sure Ian wouldn't
object to that.

> > > 2. Since 'Debain-xxx-.iso' image will be stored there, therefore needs
> > > more disk capacity, increase root partition size in preseed generation.
> > 
> > "Debian".
> > 
> > I'm not sure I follow what this one is saying though, does "there" refer to 
> > the
> > rootfs of the VM which is being built here?
> Yes.

"...image will be stored in the rootfs of the L1 guest, therefore
needs..." 

Would be cleaner.

> > > +                          ExtraConfig => 'nestedhvm=1',
> > 
> > Please do only for the nested job i.e. using a runvar.

> I remembered in previous mail you mentioned as below:

> "One good thing about just enabling it from the start is that we get
> some testing of normal guest installation while nestedhvm happens to
> be installed, which might help catch regressions."

> Therefore, I enabled 'nestedhvm' feature as generally. 

Sorry, I was ambiguous there, I meant from the start of the nestedhvm
related jobs only, not for every job. I should have said "some testing
of normal guest installation while we install the L1 hypervisor VM" or
something along those lines.

Ian.


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