Re: [PATCH v6 4/4] Jobs based on custom runners: add job definitions for QEMU's machines

From: "Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
To: Cleber Rosa Junior <crosa@redhat.com>
Cc: "Fam Zheng" <fam@euphon.net>,
	"Peter Maydell" <peter.maydell@linaro.org>,
	"Thomas Huth" <thuth@redhat.com>,
	"Daniel P . Berrange" <berrange@redhat.com>,
	"Beraldo Leal" <bleal@redhat.com>,
	"Erik Skultety" <eskultet@redhat.com>,
	"Stefan Hajnoczi" <stefanha@gmail.com>,
	"Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <f4bug@amsat.org>,
	"Wainer dos Santos Moschetta" <wainersm@redhat.com>,
	qemu-devel <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>,
	"Willian Rampazzo" <willianr@redhat.com>,
	"Willian Rampazzo" <wrampazz@redhat.com>,
	"Andrea Bolognani" <abologna@redhat.com>,
	"Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@redhat.com>,
	"Eduardo Habkost" <ehabkost@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 4/4] Jobs based on custom runners: add job definitions for QEMU's machines
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 12:00:12 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87czssirw4.fsf@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+bd_6+-je9t3DzegS0uiyC9fCYF++sMXkRJhAz1Dxe2zz-v1A@mail.gmail.com>

Cleber Rosa Junior <crosa@redhat.com> writes:

> On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 2:30 AM Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org> wrote:
>
>  Hi Alex, Stefan,
>
>  On 6/8/21 5:14 AM, Cleber Rosa wrote:
>  > The QEMU project has two machines (aarch64 and s390x) that can be used
>  > for jobs that do build and run tests.
>
<snip>
>  
>  Who has access to what and should do what (setup)? How is this list of
>  hw managed btw? Should there be some public visibility (i.e. Wiki)?
>
> These are good questions, and I believe Alex can answer them about those two machines.  Even though I hooked them up to GitLab,
> AFAICT he is the ultimate admin (maybe Peter too?).
>
> About hardware management, it has been suggested to use either the Wiki or a MAINTAINERS entry.  This is still unresolved and feedback
> would be appreciated.  For me to propose a MAINTAINERS entry, say, on
> a v7, I'd need the information on who is managing them.

I can only talk about aarch64.ci.qemu.org which is a donated Equinix
machine that comes from the WorksOnArm initiative. I applied for it on
behalf of the QEMU project and we can have it for as long as it's
useful.

I don't know if we need anything more that documenting the nominal
contacts in:

  https://wiki.qemu.org/AdminContacts

>  Is there a document explaining what are the steps to follow for an
>  entity to donate / sponsor hardware? Where would it be stored, should
>  this hw be shipped somewhere? What documentation should be provided for
>  its system administration?

I think the project can only really work with donations out of someones
data centre where they keep responsibility for the physical aspects of
any machines including the ongoing hosting and running costs.

-- 
Alex Bennée