Re: Can we use emulation of other architectures to run integration tests?

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 12:24:19PM +0200, Aleksandra Fedorova wrote:
> Hi, all,
> 
> I'd like to get some understanding on the current state of emulation
> of other architectures.
> 
> In the current CI infra we have infinite(*) access to x86_64 compute
> resources, but we haven't yet got our hands on any non x86_64
> hardware.
> 
> As COPR has recently got support for s390 builds, the question is: if
> emulation is good enough for building packages, can we use it for
> testing? What are the limitations there? Is it worth it?
> 
> If yes, can you suggest some links, tips on the topic?

To be clear, are we talking qemu-system-X, qemu-user, or something
else entirely?  Are you planning to do the tests in a full VM (eg. in
qemu-system-X)?

Rich.

> 
> (*) Not really, and some of our infra services are not yet good at
> scaling up, but we are getting better at it.
> 
> -- 
> Aleksandra Fedorova
> bookwar
> _______________________________________________
> devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/
> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
> List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-- 
Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones
Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com
virt-builder quickly builds VMs from scratch
http://libguestfs.org/virt-builder.1.html
_______________________________________________
devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/
List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx




[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[Index of Archives]     [Fedora Announce]     [Fedora Users]     [Fedora Kernel]     [Fedora Testing]     [Fedora Formulas]     [Fedora PHP Devel]     [Kernel Development]     [Fedora Legacy]     [Fedora Maintainers]     [Fedora Desktop]     [PAM]     [Red Hat Development]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]

  Powered by Linux