Re: [PATCH-for-6.0 v4 15/17] gitlab-ci: Add test for Xen (on CentOS 7)

[Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 09:45:33PM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Xen packages are available in CentOS 7, but have been
> removed from CentOS 8. Use the CentOS 7 container.

Technically Xen has never been in CentOS 8, I'm working on it, slowly.

> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Cc: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Anthony Perard <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Durrant <paul@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  .gitlab-ci.yml | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
> index 2f0da7b3dc1..8e15266c277 100644
> --- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
> +++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
> @@ -557,6 +557,27 @@ check-crypto-only-gnutls:
>      IMAGE: centos7
>      MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check
>  
> +build-xen-centos:
> +  <<: *native_build_job_definition
> +  variables:
> +    IMAGE: centos7
> +    TARGETS: i386-softmmu x86_64-softmmu
> +    CONFIGURE_ARGS: --enable-xen
> +    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-build
> +  artifacts:
> +    paths:
> +      - build
> +
> +check-xen-centos:
> +  <<: *native_test_job_definition
> +  needs:
> +    - job: build-xen-centos
> +      artifacts: true
> +  variables:
> +    IMAGE: centos7
> +    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check

Is `make check` going to do something useful with the Xen support? Or is
it going to need more work in order to test the Xen support of QEMU?
(Like starting an actual Xen guest.)

Cheers,

-- 
Anthony PERARD