[ACTIVITY] week ending Jun. 24 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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- Investigated some weirdness in SVE traces
- didn't figure out what was happening :-/
- but did generate a new "clean" set of tests that pass repeat runs
- 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


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

SVE Reviews
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Upstream Work ([VIRT-109])
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- posted {RFC PATCH 0/5} Tweak code coverage reporting Message-Id:
<20180620132032.12952-1-***@linaro.org>
- found a bug with gcov + linux-user
- build a [hacky fix] will include in next patch series


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

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

Fixing up tests/tcg
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- sent {PULL 00/56} add check-tcg and associated machinery Message-Id:
<20180619154435.18898-1-***@linaro.org>
- sent {PULL v2 00/57} add check-tcg and associated machinery
Message-Id: <20180621062605.941-1-***@linaro.org>
- spent some time digging into build failures in pm215's merge tests


KVM CI Loop ([VIRT-2])
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- 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


Completed Reviews [1/1]
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{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
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* {Qemu-devel} {PATCH v5 00/35} target/arm SVE patches
Message-Id: <20180621015359.12018-1-***@linaro.org>
* {PATCH v4 00/14} fp-test + hardfloat
Message-Id: <1528768140-17894-1-git-send-email-***@braap.org>
* {PATCH 0/4} KVM: arm64: FPSIMD/SVE fixes for 4.17
Message-Id: <1528976039-25826-1-git-send-email-***@arm.com>
* {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>
* {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