Hi Alexander,

> On Wed, 30 Nov 2022 at 09:28, Lukasz Majewski <lu...@denx.de> wrote:
> > Please find a few comments:
> >
> > 1. There is already provided meta-y2038 [1] to test if 32 bit
> > systems correctly support Y2038 problem. It uses qemu machines from
> > OE/Yocto
> >
> > 2. There are ptest available [2] to validate if the Y2038 problem
> > works correctly.
> >
> > 3. Support for running ptests mentioned in point 2. is already
> > available in the poky repository [3].  
> 
> Thanks! So there should be a
> 
> d. 'glibc-tests-ptest' is executed across all architectures - probably
> as a machine-specific selftest, and as well with qemu time set into
> the future.

+1

> 
> > It looks like the meta-y2038 can be used out of the box (after
> > checking if it still works with newest poky) when added to the
> > Yocto Project build/test infrastructure.  
> 
> Unfortunately I do not think that layer can be easily added into the
> test matrix. It has its own distro and images. No, we need to maintain
> a poky branch where the same tweaks and fixes happen. Besides, those
> fixes would need to be merged into oe-core proper eventually anyway.
> 

It would be even better if the meta-y2038 could be dropped and _all_
its functionality could be merged to poky.

That would be _awesome_.

Please just be aware that this meta layer has some fixes for some
packages (for Y2038 ready glibc).

> Alex




Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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