[ACTIVITY] week ending Jun. 17 2018

[Alex Bennée]

SVE Support ([VIRT-198])
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- spin next version of CNT{VCT|FRQ}_EL0 from user-space Message-Id:
<20180518114424.18054-1-***@linaro.org> with ID regs :todo
- the HPC guys hit this in their test setups


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

RISU Support for SVE ([VIRT-199])
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- worked on next [iteration of SVE series]
- added variable size reginfo for backwards compatibility
- various unrelated build clean-ups and tweaks
- posted {RISU PATCH v3 00/22} SVE support and various misc fixes
Message-Id: <20180613125601.14371-1-***@linaro.org>
- Generating full SVE test set from ASL
- coded up some "heuristics" to add RISU constraints in patterns
- left model generating test sequences over the weekend
- handle load/store memory instructions :todo


[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
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- start kicking tires of rth's patches with new test suite :todo


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

- started reviewing {PATCH v4 00/19} reverse debugging Message-Id:
<***@pasha-VirtualBox>
- ran into some issues, need clearer understanding of snapshots
- posted {RFC PATCH 0/3} Better docker dependency checking Message-Id:
<20180608160432.8734-1-***@linaro.org>
- posted {PATCH v1 0/3} Current Travis Patches Message-Id:
<20180614125337.24950-1-***@linaro.org>
- posted {PULL 0/3} Travis updates Message-Id:
<20180615110903.29674-1-***@linaro.org>


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

Fixing up tests/tcg
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- finished working on test/tcg series
- posted {PATCH v7 00/54} fix building of tests/tcg - last chance to
review! Message-Id:
<20180615194705.28019-1-***@linaro.org>
- sending the pull req next week :todo


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

- need to sync-up on the current state of this work :todo


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

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

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.

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

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

* {Qemu-devel} {PATCH v4b 00/18} target/arm: SVE instructions, part 2
Message-Id: <20180613015641.5667-1-***@linaro.org>
* {PATCH 0/4} KVM: arm64: FPSIMD/SVE fixes for 4.17
Message-Id: <1528976039-25826-1-git-send-email-***@arm.com>
* {PATCH v4 00/14} fp-test + hardfloat
Message-Id: <1528768140-17894-1-git-send-email-***@braap.org>
* {RFC PATCH 00/12} tests/tcg: Add TriCore tests
Message-Id: <20180501142222.19154-1-***@mail.uni-paderborn.de>
* {PATCH v4 00/19} reverse debugging
Message-Id: <***@pasha-VirtualBox>
* {Qemu-devel} {RFC PATCH v2 0/7} QEMU binary instrumentation prototype
Message-Id: <***@pasha-ThinkPad-T60>
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Alex Bennée