Xen devel - Nov 2013 - [OSSTest PATCH 0/2] MegaRAID SAS support and RebootTimeExtra documentation

Hi Ian-s,

Two small patches for OSSTest.

The first one turns on compiling the Linux modules for MegaRAID SAS, needed for
the ultralisk machine in the Cambridge lab. The second adds an entry in the
README file about the RebootTimeExtra host property, which I also needed to use
for ulttralisk, as scrubbing 368GB of RAM really takes a lot!

 git://xenbits.xen.org/people/dariof/osstest.git misc

Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks and Regards,
Dario

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Dario Faggioli (2):
      ts-kernel-build: Enable MegaRAID SAS support
      README: Document the RebootTimeExtra host property


 README          |    6 ++++++
 ts-kernel-build |    6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

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Senior Software Engineer, Citrix Systems R&D Ltd., Cambridge (UK)

when building linux, by adding the proper setopt
in $config_hardware in.

This is required for having the ultralisk big box
in the Cambridge office to properly boot.

Signed-off-by: Dario Faggioli <dario.faggioli@citrix.com>
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 ts-kernel-build |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ts-kernel-build b/ts-kernel-build
index babd261..43d9db7 100755
--- a/ts-kernel-build
+++ b/ts-kernel-build
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ setopt CONFIG_SCSI_PMCRAID m
 setopt CONFIG_SCSI_SRP m
 setopt CONFIG_SCSI_BFA_FC m
 
+setopt CONFIG_MEGARAID_NEWGEN y
+setopt CONFIG_MEGARAID_MM m
+setopt CONFIG_MEGARAID_MAILBOX m
+setopt CONFIG_MEGARAID_LEGACY m
+setopt CONFIG_MEGARAID_SAS m
+
 setopt CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL y
 
 setopt CONFIG_BNX2 m

Signed-off-by: Dario Faggioli <dario.faggioli@citrix.com>
---
 README |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README b/README
index e5571b5..29c9d45 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ HostProp_<testbox>_DIFrontend
    is a very basic "text" interface but for standalone
configurations,
    especially on VGA, "newt" might be preferred.
 
+HostProp_<testbox>_RebootTimeExtra
+   Increase the timeout for rebooting the testbox by the given value
+   (e.g., 400). This could be useful for machines with loads of RAM,
+   where Xen takes really long time to boot (typically because of
+   the "Scrubbing free RAM" phase).
+
 DebianPreseed
    Text to add to the debian-installer preseed file.  Optional
    but you will need to set some NTP servers here if your firewall

Dario Faggioli writes ("[OSSTest PATCH 0/2] MegaRAID SAS support and
RebootTimeExtra documentation"):
> Two small patches for OSSTest.
> 
> The first one turns on compiling the Linux modules for MegaRAID SAS, needed
for
> the ultralisk machine in the Cambridge lab. The second adds an entry in the
> README file about the RebootTimeExtra host property, which I also needed to
use
> for ulttralisk, as scrubbing 368GB of RAM really takes a lot!
> 
>  git://xenbits.xen.org/people/dariof/osstest.git misc
> 
> Let me know your thoughts.
Thanks.  They look good.  I have pushed them to the pretest branch.

Ian.