Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/14] tests/vm: serial console autoinstall, misc fixes.

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 02:47:02PM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> This patch series changes the way virtual machines for test builds are
> managed.  They are created locally on the developer machine now.  The
> installer is booted on the serial console and the scripts walks through
> the dialogs to install and configure the guest.
> 
> That takes the download.patchew.org server out of the loop and makes it
> alot easier to tweak the guest images (adding build dependencies for
> example).
> 
> The install scripts take care to apply host proxy settings (from *_proxy
> environment variables) to the guest, so any package downloads will be
> routed through the proxy and can be cached that way.  This also makes
> them work behind strict firewalls.
> 
> There are also a bunch of smaller tweaks for tests/vm to fix issues I
> was struggling with.  See commit messages of individual patches for
> details.

Ping.  Alex?  Fam?  Are you going to pick this up?  Or should I send a
pull request?

cheers,
  Gerd