Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] Introduce new acpi/smbios avocado tests using biosbits

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 06:12:10PM +0530, Ani Sinha wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 6:08 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 06:04:56PM +0530, Ani Sinha wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Changelog:
> > > v6:
> > >   - skip test when dependencies (xorriso for example) are not installed.
> > >   - skip test when run on a platform other than x86_64.
> >
> > Hmm why is that btw?
> 
> The bits binaries that generate the iso (grub-mkrescue etc) are built
> for and are known to work only on x86_64 platform. They might also
> work on amd64 but I do not have one at my disposal at the moment to
> check.
> On other platforms, for example 32 bit x86 and non-x86, those binaries
> will likely not work. The test will fail.

confused. I thought we are distributing the iso?

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