From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from wes1-so1.wedos.net (wes1-so1.wedos.net [46.28.106.15]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D92BC8E94 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2015 15:11:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from pcviktorin.fit.vutbr.cz (pcviktorin.fit.vutbr.cz [147.229.13.147]) by wes1-so1.wedos.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3nmpbM3vNlz5qt; Thu, 29 Oct 2015 15:11:11 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 15:09:26 +0100 From: Jan Viktorin To: Thomas Monjalon Message-ID: <20151029150926.411da3e0@pcviktorin.fit.vutbr.cz> In-Reply-To: <2039554.9Hm8ZoiZzc@xps13> References: <1445877458-31052-1-git-send-email-viktorin@rehivetech.com> <20151028183837.5612029d@jvn> <2039554.9Hm8ZoiZzc@xps13> Organization: RehiveTech MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/17] Support ARMv7 architecture X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 14:11:12 -0000 On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 15:02:03 +0100 Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 2015-10-28 18:58, David Marchand: > > > > - since you introduce a new architecture, do you intend to run daily > > > > build checks and send reports to the test-report mailing list ? > > > > > > I think, this is possible, if I automate it somehow. Do you mean to > > > test every individual patch? I have no tools for this (some ideas?). If > > > its just about git pull && test_script.sh, then it is quite OK. > > > > > > I'd appreciate some help, ideas, advices, experiences in this area... > > > > I am pretty sure Thomas has some ideas about this. > > In order to make sure new commits won't introduce a regression on ARM, > we need to run some tests before accepting the patch. > If those tests are not run, some daily tests could catch the recent > regressions. I understand the purpose. > The most basic test is the compilation, then there are some unit tests > and DTS. The unit tests are a problem at the moment. Probably, I will later find a way, how to perform some unit tests in QEMU. > > Are you OK to start with a basic daily compilation test? It can be achieved > with a simple crontab job. I can do daily build test in Jenkins or a cron job. Is it sufficient to check the master branch? Or you mean to pick patches from patchwork? That seems quite complicated to me. > If you or someone else have some time and a machine to do more, it would > be great. I'm sure the DPDK/ARM will gain enough interest to attract some > volunteers for more automatic tests. >