Excerpts from Michael Goldish's message of Mon May 11 16:00:29 -0300 2009: > > ----- "Eduardo Habkost" <ehabkost@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > <snip> > > Also, can't the install rule be used on the cartesian configuration > > file? In this case, the install parameters may be specified on a > > different config rule. > > It's certainly possible. We chose to put kvm_install in the control > file because currently it's the only test we run only once per job. > There is no natural place for kvm_install in kvm_tests.cfg because > everything else there gets multiplied. True. I haven't thought of that. > > > For example, the Fedora project could use it like this: > > > > cvs_server = "cvs.fedoraproject.org:/..." > > variants: > > - CVSF10: > > cvs_branch = F10 > > - CVSF11: > > cvs_branch = F11 > > - CVSRawhide: > > cvs_branch = devel > > > > > > variants: > > - install: > > type = kvm_install > > mode = custom > > install_command = "install_from_fedora_cvs.sh" > > - ... > > > > I used Fedora CVS as an example, but the user may use anything we can > > imagine, to store KVM code (or pointer to its), possibly having > > different branches. > > This can be done, though the order and syntax of the 'variants' blocks > should be different, more like: > > variants: > - kvm_install: > cvs_server = "cvs.fedoraproject.org:/..." > type = kvm_install > mode = custom > install_command = "install_from_fedora_cvs.sh" > - everything_else_in_kvm_tests.cfg: > <tests> > ... > <guests> > ... > <smp/up> > ... > <ide/scsi/virtio_blk> > ... We could have something to make it easier to build test runs like , without having to nest the whole original file. But I can't think of a good solution. > > variants: > - CVSF10: > kvm_install: > cvs_branch = F10 > - CVSF11: > kvm_install: > cvs_branch = F11 > - CVSRawhide: > kvm_install: > cvs_branch = devel > > # test sets > variants: > - nightly: > ... > > That is, assuming you want to > - install KVM from F10 branch > - run all tests > - install KVM from F11 branch > - run all tests > - install KVM from devel branch > - run all tests > > If you meant something different please correct me. Yeah. I am not really used to the configuration file format, but that was the idea. :) -- Eduardo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
