bug#49487: closed (t3200-type-change.sh using too much memory)

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regarding t3200-type-change.sh using too much memory
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> t3200-type-change.sh using too much memory
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> Fri, 9 Jul 2021 11:57:32 +0100
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> Hi,
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> It appears that scsi_debug needs actual memory when creating the
> virtual disks.  If I run the tests inside a qemu VM with just 512MB of
> RAM, the t3200-type-change test fails when it tries to create a 550MB
> virtual disk.
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> Most of the other tests get by with virtual disks of just a few
> megabytes.  Would someone who understands the partition structure
> better than me be able to change the numbers so the test runs with a
> 10MB disk?
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> Cheers,
> Ross
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> Re: bug#49487: t3200-type-change.sh using too much memory
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> Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:47:29 -0700
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> On Fri, Jul 09, 2021 at 11:57:32AM +0100, Ross Burton wrote:
> > Hi,
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> > It appears that scsi_debug needs actual memory when creating the
> > virtual disks.  If I run the tests inside a qemu VM with just 512MB of
> > RAM, the t3200-type-change test fails when it tries to create a 550MB
> > virtual disk.
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> > Most of the other tests get by with virtual disks of just a few
> > megabytes.  Would someone who understands the partition structure
> > better than me be able to change the numbers so the test runs with a
> > 10MB disk?
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> This has been mostly fixed. It ends up the lowest we can go is 267 on
> the fat32 test because fat32 won't work on anything smaller than 256.
> All the others have been reduced to 10, so hopefully this is enough to
> squeak by on a small system.
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> Brian
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