Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] gitlab-ci: add an ARM32 qemu-based smoke test

[Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>]

On 21.04.2022 01:31, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> 
> Oops, yes I did. Well spotted. Just sending this one update here.
> 
> 
> ---
> gitlab-ci: add an ARM32 qemu-based smoke test
> 
> Add a minimal ARM32 smoke test based on qemu-system-arm, as provided by
> the test-artifacts qemu container. The minimal test simply boots Xen
> (built from previous build stages) and Dom0.
> 
> The test needs a working kernel and minimal initrd for dom0. Instead of
> building our own kernel and initrd, which would mean maintaining one or
> two more builting scripts under automation/, we borrow a kernel and
> initrd from distros.
> 
> For the kernel we pick the Debian Bullseye kernel, which has everything
> we need already built-in. However, we cannot use the Debian Bullseye
> initrd because it is 22MB and the large size causes QEMU to core dump.
> 
> Instead, use the tiny busybox-based rootfs provided by Alpine Linux,
> which is really minimal: just 2.5MB. Note that we cannot use the Alpine
> Linux kernel because that doesn't boot on Xen.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>

Cheers,
Michal