Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V7 4/4] tests: Add migration test for aarch64

[Andrew Jones]

On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 12:02:15PM -0600, Wei Huang wrote:
> This patch adds migration test support for aarch64. The test code, which
> implements the same functionality as x86, is booted as a kernel in qemu.
> Here are the design choices we make for aarch64:
> 
>  * We choose this -kernel approach because aarch64 QEMU doesn't provide a
>    built-in fw like x86 does. So instead of relying on a boot loader, we
>    use -kernel approach for aarch64.
>  * The serial output is sent to PL011 directly.
>  * The physical memory base for mach-virt machine is 0x40000000. We change
>    the start_address and end_address for aarch64.
> 
> In addition to providing the binary, this patch also includes the source
> code and the build script in tests/migration/. So users can change the
> source and/or re-compile the binary as they wish.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Huang <address@hidden>
> ---
>  tests/Makefile.include               |  1 +
>  tests/migration-test.c               | 44 +++++++++++++++++++--
>  tests/migration/Makefile             | 12 +++++-
>  tests/migration/aarch64-a-b-kernel.S | 75 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  tests/migration/aarch64-a-b-kernel.h | 19 +++++++++
>  tests/migration/migration-test.h     |  9 +++++
>  6 files changed, 154 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 tests/migration/aarch64-a-b-kernel.S
>  create mode 100644 tests/migration/aarch64-a-b-kernel.h
>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <address@hidden>