[RFC][PATCH] qemubuilder: Add qemu machine type overwrite.

Benedikt Spranger b.spranger at linutronix.de
Fri Nov 13 16:52:32 UTC 2015


On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 23:46:28 +0000
Mattia Rizzolo <mattia at mapreri.org> wrote:

> Hi!, thanks for the patch!
Youre welcome.

> Handling with patches and requests via mere mailing list can be
> annoying/difficult, can I instead ask you to file a bug with the patch
> attached?
Done. See Bug#805037.

> I'll make sure somebody takes a look at it in the meantime :)
Thx!

BTW: What is the prefered way to discuss some ideas around qemubuilder?

Some background:
I'm assigned to setup and care about a test and validation setup for
linux systems on embedded devices. We are using Debian to build our
systems. We spend a couple of time in developing an automated system for
a reliable and reproducable way to build our systems:
http://elbe-rfs.org/

IMHO the source of qemubuilder needs some refactoring:

1) Arch configuration: Make all(nearly all) hardcoded values
   configurable. I am contemplate in a per architecture configuration
   snippets.

2) Error handling: Fix return value. qemubuilder returned 0 in almost
   every situation. This is awkward in an automated build environment.

3) Coding style: It would be nice to have one :) 

Regards
    Bene



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