From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christian Borntraeger Subject: Re: KVM call for 2017-03-14 Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:39:38 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87tw6y8bs8.fsf@secure.mitica> <20170314081312.GB13140@stefanha-x1.localdomain> <87wpbstesf.fsf@secure.mitica> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi , QEMU Developer , KVM devel mailing list To: Peter Maydell , Juan Quintela Return-path: Received: from mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.158.5]:44642 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751416AbdCOIjp (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Mar 2017 04:39:45 -0400 Received: from pps.filterd (m0098416.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com (8.16.0.20/8.16.0.20) with SMTP id v2F8cdqc061409 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2017 04:39:43 -0400 Received: from e14.ny.us.ibm.com (e14.ny.us.ibm.com [129.33.205.204]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 296nnr8aqt-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2017 04:39:43 -0400 Received: from localhost by e14.ny.us.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Wed, 15 Mar 2017 04:39:43 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 03/14/2017 11:56 AM, Peter Maydell wrote: > On 14 March 2017 at 09:59, Juan Quintela wrote: >> Peter Maydell wrote: >>> On 14 March 2017 at 09:13, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: >>>> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 11:02:01AM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote: >>>> The minimum requirements for the new language: >>>> 1. Does it support the host operating systems that QEMU runs on? >>>> 2. Does it support the host architectures that QEMU runs on? >>> >>> Speaking of this, I was thinking that we should introduce >>> a rule that for any host OS/arch we support we must have >>> a build machine so we can at least do a compile test. >>> For instance if you believe configure we support Solaris >>> and AIX, but I bet they're bit-rotting. The ia64 backend >>> has to be a strong candidate for being dumped too. >>> Demanding "system we can test on or we drop support" >>> would let us more clearly see what we're actually running >>> on and avoid unnecessarily ruling things out because they >>> don't support Itanium or AIX... >> >> YES, YES and YES. >> >> I demand an osX build machine NOW!!!! Remote access is ok. > > OSX is actually in the set that's OK because I have a > machine I can test on. The ones that are problems are > all the BSDs, AIX, Solaris, Haiku, and architectures > sparc, mips, ia64, s390. Peter, if you need an s390 box, you can register for a virtual machine at https://developer.ibm.com/linuxone/ If you have an account let me know the details and I will try to find the right people in IBM to extend the 120 day testing period to unlimited. 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Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Wed, 15 Mar 2017 04:39:43 -0400 References: <87tw6y8bs8.fsf@secure.mitica> <20170314081312.GB13140@stefanha-x1.localdomain> <87wpbstesf.fsf@secure.mitica> From: Christian Borntraeger Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:39:38 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] KVM call for 2017-03-14 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Peter Maydell , Juan Quintela Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi , QEMU Developer , KVM devel mailing list On 03/14/2017 11:56 AM, Peter Maydell wrote: > On 14 March 2017 at 09:59, Juan Quintela wrote: >> Peter Maydell wrote: >>> On 14 March 2017 at 09:13, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: >>>> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 11:02:01AM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote: >>>> The minimum requirements for the new language: >>>> 1. Does it support the host operating systems that QEMU runs on? >>>> 2. Does it support the host architectures that QEMU runs on? >>> >>> Speaking of this, I was thinking that we should introduce >>> a rule that for any host OS/arch we support we must have >>> a build machine so we can at least do a compile test. >>> For instance if you believe configure we support Solaris >>> and AIX, but I bet they're bit-rotting. The ia64 backend >>> has to be a strong candidate for being dumped too. >>> Demanding "system we can test on or we drop support" >>> would let us more clearly see what we're actually running >>> on and avoid unnecessarily ruling things out because they >>> don't support Itanium or AIX... >> >> YES, YES and YES. >> >> I demand an osX build machine NOW!!!! Remote access is ok. > > OSX is actually in the set that's OK because I have a > machine I can test on. The ones that are problems are > all the BSDs, AIX, Solaris, Haiku, and architectures > sparc, mips, ia64, s390. Peter, if you need an s390 box, you can register for a virtual machine at https://developer.ibm.com/linuxone/ If you have an account let me know the details and I will try to find the right people in IBM to extend the 120 day testing period to unlimited.