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

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Hi, Rich,

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 1:10 PM Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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)?

Thank you for the question. I think I am actually interested in both.

The scenario we use for current x86 dist-git tests is based on vms: we
spin up a full vm with qemu-kvm, ssh inside it, install a package and
run the test script.
Should it be possible to do the same with qemu-system-s390x? Maybe
even with nested virtualization, with s390x inside x86?

> Rich.
>
> >
> > (*) Not really, and some of our infra services are not yet good at
> > scaling up, but we are getting better at it.
> >
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> > Aleksandra Fedorova
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