[ACTIVITY] week ending Jul. 1 2018

[Alex Bennée]

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

- posted {PATCH v3 0/5} support reading some CPUID/CNT registers from
user-space Message-Id:
<20180625160009.17437-1-***@linaro.org>
- needed for the HPC guys in their test setups
- pm has grabbed the CNT patches, the rest need rework, not this
cycle


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

RISU Support for SVE ([VIRT-199])
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- posted {RISU PATCH v4 00/22} ARM SVE support for RISU Message-Id:
<20180622141205.16306-1-***@linaro.org>
- support load/store memory instructions from ASL :todo
- awaiting legal clearance from ARM to publish script
- generated more traces at different VQ's
- VQ3 (found one error, actually x86 SIGFPE issue)
- VQ16 (still generating :-/)


[VIRT-199] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/VIRT-199

[iteration of SVE series]
https://github.com/stsquad/risu/tree/add-sve-support-v3


SVE Reviews
~~~~~~~~~~~

- reviewed {Qemu-devel} {PATCH v5 00/35} target/arm SVE patches
Message-Id: <20180621015359.12018-1-***@linaro.org>


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

- posted {PATCH v1 00/10} Travis updates and code coverage tweaks
Message-Id: <20180625111935.26108-1-***@linaro.org>
- spent some time looking at getting xtensa system test stuff done
- posted {PATCH v2 00/21} Travis, Code Coverage and Cross Build
updates Message-Id: <20180629205232.27190-1-***@linaro.org>


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

[hacky fix]
https://github.com/stsquad/qemu/commit/a15577f8a6629f9924d2671a82f0b98013515eae


KVM CI Loop ([VIRT-2])
======================

- need to sync-up on the current state of this work :todo
- spoke with LAVA team about build status and build button
- now have a qa-reports account to submit LAVA jobs via


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

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


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



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


Completed Reviews [1/1]
=======================

{PATCH v2 00/13} iommu: support txattrs, support TCG execution, implement TZ MPC
Message-Id: <20180604152941.20374-10-***@linaro.org>
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- CLOSING NOTE [2018-06-14 Thu 19:27]
Looks good.


{PATCH 0/8} Docker improvements
Message-Id: <20180628164643.9668-1-***@amsat.org>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- CLOSING NOTE [2018-06-29 Fri 21:38]
Grabbed some patches, commented on others


{Qemu-arm} {PATCH v6 00/35} target/arm SVE patches
Message-Id: <20180627043328.11531-1-***@linaro.org>
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- CLOSING NOTE [2018-06-29 Fri 21:39]
Looks good


{Qemu-devel} {PATCH v5 00/35} target/arm SVE patches
Message-Id: <20180621015359.12018-1-***@linaro.org>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- CLOSING NOTE [2018-06-29 Fri 21:39]
Looking good, stopped to move to v6


{PATCH 0/4} KVM: arm64: FPSIMD/SVE fixes for 4.17
Message-Id: <1528976039-25826-1-git-send-email-***@arm.com>
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- CLOSING NOTE [2018-06-29 Fri 21:40]
Seems sane to me.

Absences
========

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

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

* {PATCH v4 00/19} reverse debugging
Message-Id: <***@pasha-VirtualBox>
* {RFC PATCH 00/12} tests/tcg: Add TriCore tests
Message-Id: <20180501142222.19154-1-***@mail.uni-paderborn.de>
* {PATCH 0/4} tests/vm: various trivial fixes
Message-Id: <20180628153535.1411-1-***@amsat.org>
* {PATCH 0/6} docker: Port to Python 3
Message-Id: <20180627021423.18404-1-***@redhat.com>
* {PATCH v4 00/14} fp-test + hardfloat
Message-Id: <1528768140-17894-1-git-send-email-***@braap.org>
* {RFC PATCH 00/16} KVM: arm64: Initial support for SVE guests
Message-Id: <1529593060-542-1-git-send-email-***@arm.com>
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Alex Bennée