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

[Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 21 Apr 2022, Michal Orzel wrote:
> 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>

Thanks!