[OpenAFS-devel] qemu arm slave for buildbot
Chaz Chandler
clc31@inbox.com
Tue, 2 Nov 2010 07:29:05 -0800
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<div>VMs shouldn't be a problem for BuildBot -- the current openafs build =
master runs in a VM, and possibly the slave as well on that same =
system.<br></div><br><br><blockquote style=3D=22padding-left: 5px; =
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0px;=22><div class=3D=22msgHeaders=22>-----Original =
Message-----<br><b>From:</b> w.phillip.moore=40gmail.com<br><b>Sent:</b> =
Tue, 2 Nov 2010 11:20:57 -0400<br><b>To:</b> =
shadow=40gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: =5BOpenAFS-devel=5D qemu arm =
slave for buildbot<br><br></div><div =
class=3D=22oldBody=22><div><div><br></div>Doesn't look too terribly =
difficult to set up, but I don't have much in the way of hardware to =
offer. Is there any reason we can't use VMs for these build =
machines? I could probably setup the x86_64 platforms as VMs, =
if that works, and offer them as part of the buildbot network, unless =
these platforms need to be bare metal.<div>
<br></div><div>I run my EFS development environment exclusively on VMs, =
and the host OS is MacOS X on a MacMini. The actual platforms I run =
as VMs include both i386 and x86_64 versions of CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu and =
FreeBSD, all via VMWare Fusion.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Is such an environment considered a reasonable =
platform for the buildbit network?<br><div><br><div =
_class=3D=22gmail_quote=22>On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Derrick =
Brashear <span dir=3D=22ltr=22><<a =
href=3D=22mailto:shadow=40gmail.com=22>shadow=40gmail.com</a>></span> =
wrote:<br>
<blockquote _class=3D=22gmail_quote=22 _style=3D=22margin:0 0 0 =
=2E8ex;border-left:1px =23ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;=22><div =
_class=3D=22im=22>On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Phillip Moore <<a =
href=3D=22mailto:w.phillip.moore=40gmail.com=22>w.phillip.moore=40gmail.com=
</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> I'm curious why the i386 Linux distros are considered Tier 1, yet you =
don't<br>
> say anything about x86_64. Coming from the world of financial =
computing,<br>
> where we run just about everything on x86_64 hardware, I'm surprised =
you<br>
> only mention i386.<br>
> Seems to me that what is most important is really the OS distro in =
this case<br>
> (Debian, RHEL) and both i386 and x86_64 versions should be tested as =
Tier 1<br>
> platforms.<br>
<br>
</div>Me too. Here's how you can add some:<br>
<a href=3D=22http://wiki.openafs.org/AFSLore/BuildbotSlaveHowto/=22 =
target=3D=22_blank=22>http://wiki.openafs.org/AFSLore/BuildbotSlaveHowto/</=
a><br>
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