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Re: [PATCH v2] tests/vm/freebsd: Update to FreeBSD 13.2
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Alex Bennée |
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Re: [PATCH v2] tests/vm/freebsd: Update to FreeBSD 13.2 |
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Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:20:15 +0100 |
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Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> writes:
> According to QEMU's support policy, we stop supporting the previous
> major release two years after the the new major release has been
> published. So we can stop testing FreeBSD 12 now and should switch
> our FreeBSD VM to version 13 instead.
>
> Some changes are needed for this update: The downloadable .ISO images
> do not use the serial port as console by default anymore, so they
> are not usable in the same way as with FreeBSD 12. Fortunately, the
> FreeBSD project now also offers some pre-installed CI images that
> have the serial console enabled, so we can use those now, with the
> benefit that we can skip almost all parts of the previous installation
> process.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
Queued to testing/next, thanks.
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Alex Bennée
Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro