> -----Original Message-----
> From: dwilder <dwil...@us.ibm.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2020 04:17
> To: Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.w...@arm.com>
> Cc: acon...@redhat.com; maicolgabr...@hotmail.com;
> tho...@monjalon.net; ferruh.yi...@intel.com; arybche...@solarflare.com;
> dev@dpdk.org; Gavin Hu <gavin...@arm.com>; Honnappa Nagarahalli
> <honnappa.nagaraha...@arm.com>; nd <n...@arm.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] ci: add travis ci support for aarch64
>
> On 2019-12-20 01:37, Ruifeng Wang wrote:
> > Add Travis compilation jobs for aarch64. gcc/clang compilations for
> > static/shared libraries are added.
> >
> > Some limitations for current aarch64 Travis support:
> > 1. Container is used. Huge page is not available due to security
> > reason.
> > 2. Missing kernel header package in Xenial distribution.
> >
> > Solutions to address the limitations:
> > 1. Not to add unit test for now. And run tests with no-huge in future.
> > 2. Use Bionic distribution for all aarch64 jobs.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.w...@arm.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Gavin Hu <gavin...@arm.com>
> > ---
> > .ci/linux-setup.sh | 11 +++++++----
> > .travis.yml | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/.ci/linux-setup.sh b/.ci/linux-setup.sh index
> > dfb9d4a20..a92978037 100755
> > --- a/.ci/linux-setup.sh
> > +++ b/.ci/linux-setup.sh
> > @@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
> > # need to install as 'root' since some of the unit tests won't run
> > without it sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade meson
> >
> > -# setup hugepages
> > -cat /proc/meminfo
> > -sudo sh -c 'echo 1024 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages'
> > -cat /proc/meminfo
>
>
> dont test for TRAVIS_ARCH here as multiple archs may need to avoid the
> hugepage setup as well.
>
> How about:
> if [ "$RUN_TESTS" = "1" ]; then
> # setup hugepages
This should work. I can try this approach in next version.
My concern is the name may cause confusion. 'RUN_TESTS' will mean to
run default tests (with hugepage).
>
> If your planning to add a tests using --no-huge option could we add a
> NOHUGEPAGES option to the matrix?
Yes, this will give control to choose test suite. I will take this into
consideration.
>
> > +# hugepage settings are skipped on aarch64 due to environment
> > limitation
> > +if [ "$TRAVIS_ARCH" != "aarch64" ]; then
> > + # setup hugepages
> > + cat /proc/meminfo
> > + sudo sh -c 'echo 1024 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages'
> > + cat /proc/meminfo
> > +fi
> > diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml index 8f90d06f2..048cb6ba5
> > 100644
> > --- a/.travis.yml
> > +++ b/.travis.yml
> > @@ -115,6 +115,41 @@ matrix:
> > apt:
> > packages:
> > - *extra_packages
> > -
> > + - env: DEF_LIB="static"
> > + arch: arm64
> > + compiler: gcc
> > + addons:
> > + apt:
> > + packages:
> > + - *required_packages
> > + - env: DEF_LIB="shared"
> > + arch: arm64
> > + compiler: gcc
> > + addons:
> > + apt:
> > + packages:
> > + - *required_packages
> > + - env: DEF_LIB="static"
> > + arch: arm64
> > + compiler: clang
> > + addons:
> > + apt:
> > + packages:
> > + - *required_packages
> > + - env: DEF_LIB="shared"
> > + arch: arm64
> > + compiler: clang
> > + addons:
> > + apt:
> > + packages:
> > + - *required_packages
> > + - env: DEF_LIB="shared" OPTS="-Denable_kmods=false" BUILD_DOCS=1
> > + arch: arm64
> > + compiler: gcc
> > + addons:
> > + apt:
> > + packages:
> > + - *required_packages
> > + - *doc_packages
> >
> > script: ./.ci/${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}-build.sh
