[ACTIVITY] week ending Jul. 29 2018

[Alex Bennée]

SVE Support ([VIRT-198])
========================

- posted {PATCH} tcg/aarch64: limit mul_vec size Message-Id:
<20180719154248.29669-1-***@linaro.org> : done
- finished preparing [talk for HPC workshop on 26th]
- delivered it Thursday evening, recording will go online in due
course
- blog post is now [live on linaro.org]


[VIRT-198] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/VIRT-198

[talk for HPC workshop on 26th]
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Jz9ePpJ_YGd3vPXMj090VwRwPfBSYWHlSizhKRADcUw/edit?usp=sharing

[live on linaro.org] https://www.linaro.org/blog/sve-in-qemu-linux-user/

Write and submit Connect abstract

- submitted abstract: My other machine is virtual for YVR18


SVE Reviews

- finished reviewing {RFC PATCH 00/16} KVM: arm64: Initial support for
SVE guests Message-Id:
<1529593060-542-1-git-send-email-***@arm.com>


QEMU ARMv8.3 Support ([VIRT-241])
=================================

- had a [quick run at VHE] which crystallised some of the issues with
register aliasing
- obviously need to sit and think about a design for this


[VIRT-241] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/VIRT-241

[ARMv8.1 Mandatory Features]
https://projects.linaro.org/browse/TCWG-1434

[ARMv8.1 optional features] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/TCWG-1435

[quick run at VHE] https://github.com/stsquad/qemu/tree/add-vhe-rfc


Upstream Work ([VIRT-109])
==========================

- posted {PATCH v1 for 3.0 0/2} fix for bug 1783362 Message-Id:
<20180726132947.28538-1-***@linaro.org>
- started reviewing {PATCH v5 00/24} Fixing record/replay and adding
reverse debugging Message-Id:
<***@pasha-VirtualBox>
- number of build issues need to be resolved


[VIRT-109] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/VIRT-109

[v2 of docker fixes]
https://github.com/stsquad/qemu/tree/testing/docker-fixes-for-3.0-v2

[debootstrap master]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=903657


Testing and CI
==============

- finish converting the CI RISU jobs to submit via qa-reports :todo
- got a Packet.net machine for QEMU/Docker testing
- posted {PATCH RFC 00/10} docker on non-x86 hosts Message-Id:
<20180718100505.7546-1-***@linaro.org>


QEMU CI Loop ([VIRT-187])

- investigating porting existing RISU tests via qa-reports
- add additional test patterns :todo


[VIRT-187] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/VIRT-187


KVM CI Loop ([VIRT-2])

- need to sync-up on the current state of this work :todo
- started looking at Xiang's latest auto setup scripts


[VIRT-2] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/VIRT-2

[our wiki] https://wiki.linaro.org/Core/Virtualization


MTTCG tests ([VIRT-52])

- need to dust these off and get up-streamed if I'm going to add new
tests :todo


[VIRT-52] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/VIRT-52


Other Tasks
===========

- Submitted "My Other Machine is Virtual" abstract for YVR18
- Create an Instrumentation EPIC :todo


[arm64 story a bit more desktopy]
https://github.com/stsquad/gentoo/tree/arm-keywords-so-far

[Kata Containers] https://katacontainers.io/

[CrosVM] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform/crosvm/


Completed Reviews [2/2]
=======================

{RFC PATCH 00/16} KVM: arm64: Initial support for SVE guests
Message-Id: <1529593060-542-1-git-send-email-***@arm.com>

- CLOSING NOTE [2018-07-26 Thu 11:18]
Did about 2/3rds of series, drew did the top few - re-spin on it's
way.


{PATCH v4 00/19} reverse debugging
Message-Id: <***@pasha-VirtualBox>

- CLOSING NOTE [2018-07-26 Thu 15:06]
v5 posted

Absences
========

- YVR18 Connect (17th-21st September 2018)
- KVM Forum 2018 (24th-26th October 2018)

Current Review Queue
====================

* {PATCH v5 00/24} Fixing record/replay and adding reverse debugging
Message-Id: <***@pasha-VirtualBox>
* {PATCH 0/5} tests/vm: Improvements when KVM is not available
Message-Id: <20180717024827.27897-1-***@amsat.org>
* {RFC PATCH 00/12} tests/tcg: Add TriCore tests
Message-Id: <20180501142222.19154-1-***@mail.uni-paderborn.de>
* {PATCH v4 00/14} fp-test + hardfloat
Message-Id: <1528768140-17894-1-git-send-email-***@braap.org>
* {Qemu-devel} {RFC PATCH v2 0/7} QEMU binary instrumentation prototype
Message-Id: <***@pasha-ThinkPad-T60>
* {Qemu-devel} {RFC v2 0/2} Add BPF suuport to Qemu
Message-Id: <20180625110706.23332-1-***@daynix.com>
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Alex Bennée