Re: [PATCH] tests/functional: Convert the kvm_xen_guest avocado test

[Thomas Huth]

On 18/12/2024 12.48, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On 18 December 2024 12:32:49 CET, Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> wrote:
> > Use the serial console to execute the commands in the guest instead
> > of using ssh since we don't have ssh support in the functional
> > framework yet.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
>
> Hm, but serial is lossy and experience shows that it leads to flaky tests if 
> the guest (or host) misses bytes. While SSH would just go slower.

I now noticed some issue with the serial console in this test, too.
Looks like the "Starting dropbear sshd: OK" is not print in an atomic way by 
the guest, sometimes there are other kernel messages between the ":" and the 
"OK". It works reliable when removing the "OK" from the string.

 Thomas