Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 6/9] Convert error_report() to warn_report()

[Kevin Wolf]

Am 27.07.2017 um 10:25 hat Markus Armbruster geschrieben:
> Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > On 24/07/2017 08:30, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> [...]
> >> What's the recommended way to run all iotests a build of QEMU can run?
> >
> > I use "path-to-srcdir/tests/check-block.sh".  It takes about 20 minutes.
> >
> > There are two issues with check-block:
> >
> > * tests that require QEMU are skipped (rationale: you might be building
> > without the x86_64-softmmu target).
> >
> > * it only runs the "quick" group, but I think we should reverse the
> > direction and mark slow tests specifically (that would cut about 10
> > minutes out of the 20).
> >
> > It's a pity that qemu-iotests doesn't parallelize.
> 
> Indeed.
> 
> >                                                     Maybe the harness
> > could be changed to something more standard.
> 
> Certainly not a "bite-sized task".  Could it be a fit for GSOC or
> Outreachy?

I don't think deciding what the right "something more standard" is would
be a good GSoC/Outreachy project. Actually implementing it afterwards
may be, but that depends on what was decided.

Kevin