Re: [PATCH] Config: use Mini-OS master for xen-unstable

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 01.09.2021 11:53, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 01.09.21 10:59, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> On 31.08.2021 09:30, Juergen Gross wrote:
>>> In order to get Mini-OS master branch tested by OSStest, use it for
>>> xen-unstable.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> There are some Mini-OS patches pending, of which at least the Mini-OS
>>> netfront fix should be committed as it will be required for qemu-stubdom
>>> to work.
>>> ---
>>>   Config.mk | 2 +-
>>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Config.mk b/Config.mk
>>> index 4d723eec1d..d4e8ced104 100644
>>> --- a/Config.mk
>>> +++ b/Config.mk
>>> @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ MINIOS_UPSTREAM_URL ?= git://xenbits.xen.org/mini-os.git
>>>   endif
>>>   OVMF_UPSTREAM_REVISION ?= b37cfdd2807181aed2fee1e17bd7ec1190db266a
>>>   QEMU_UPSTREAM_REVISION ?= master
>>> -MINIOS_UPSTREAM_REVISION ?= 051b87bb9c19609976fb038f386920e1ce5454c5
>>> +MINIOS_UPSTREAM_REVISION ?= master
>>
>> I'm afraid this, effectively reverting 82c3d15c903a ("minios: Revert recent
>> change and revert to working minios"), would set us up for the same problem
>> again that was dealt with there. IOW you're re-proposing a change of yours
>> (e013e8514389 ["config: use mini-os master for unstable"]) which was
>> subsequently reverted, without spelling out what has since changed.
> 
> How do you suggest to proceed then?
> 
> Will every Mini-OS commit require to be followed by a Xen commit then,
> which will either result in a test success, or in a revert of that Xen
> commit?

Once the two trees are assumed to be fully decoupled, and once a push
gate has been put in place for mini-os.git, we can do what you suggest.

Jan