SVE Support ([VIRT-198]) ========================
- converted [post on SVE development] to jekyl blog format - a little fighting with the tooling but [draft on staging] - trying to get compilers set-up to debug failing Grid Test_simd testcase - now have full 1yr armclang license for me and rth - Test_simd passes with fresh build and current master - not sure old binary fails - but Nils happy with current state - fixed vector multiply bug on aarch64 backend - posted {PATCH} tcg/aarch64: limit mul_vec size Message-Id: 20180719154248.29669-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org - drafting [talk for HPC workshop on 26th] - currently 11 minutes talking, need to expand
[VIRT-198] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/VIRT-198
[post on SVE development] https://docs.google.com/document/d/15v1asqk-6de2RtA7ZWdIQ29PkY92gl3nlwG7_Sez...
[draft on staging] https://staging.linaro.org/blog/sve-in-qemu-linux-user/
[talk for HPC workshop on 26th] https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Jz9ePpJ_YGd3vPXMj090VwRwPfBSYWHlSizh...
Write and submit Connect abstract
- "How-to use QEMU to test my software on no-silicon hardware"? :todo - amalgamate HPC talk and blog post
SVE Reviews
- finish reviewing {RFC PATCH 00/16} KVM: arm64: Initial support for SVE guests Message-Id: 1529593060-542-1-git-send-email-Dave.Martin@arm.com :todo - stalled this week due to other activities
QEMU ARMv8.3 Support ([VIRT-241]) =================================
- had a [quick run at VHE] which crystallised some of the issues with register aliasing - obviously need to sit and think about a design for this
[VIRT-241] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/VIRT-241
[ARMv8.1 Mandatory Features] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/TCWG-1434
[ARMv8.1 optional features] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/TCWG-1435
[quick run at VHE] https://github.com/stsquad/qemu/tree/add-vhe-rfc
Upstream Work ([VIRT-109]) ==========================
- posted {PATCH v3 for 3.0 00/18} docker fixes (and one tcg test tweak) Message-Id: 20180717195553.9111-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org
[VIRT-109] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/VIRT-109
[v2 of docker fixes] https://github.com/stsquad/qemu/tree/testing/docker-fixes-for-3.0-v2
[debootstrap master] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=903657
Testing and CI ==============
- started looking at converting the CI RISU jobs to submit via qa-reports - got a Packet.net machine for QEMU/Docker testing - posted {PATCH RFC 00/10} docker on non-x86 hosts Message-Id: 20180718100505.7546-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org
QEMU CI Loop ([VIRT-187])
- investigating porting existing RISU tests via qa-reports - add additional test patterns :todo
[VIRT-187] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/VIRT-187
KVM CI Loop ([VIRT-2])
- need to sync-up on the current state of this work :todo - started looking at Xiang's latest auto setup scripts
[VIRT-2] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/VIRT-2
[our wiki] https://wiki.linaro.org/Core/Virtualization
MTTCG tests ([VIRT-52])
- need to dust these off and get up-streamed if I'm going to add new tests :todo
[VIRT-52] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/VIRT-52
Other Tasks ===========
- Create an Instrumentation EPIC :todo
[arm64 story a bit more desktopy] https://github.com/stsquad/gentoo/tree/arm-keywords-so-far
[Kata Containers] https://katacontainers.io/
[CrosVM] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform/crosvm/
Completed Reviews [6/6] =======================
{PATCH v2 00/13} iommu: support txattrs, support TCG execution, implement TZ MPC Message-Id: 20180604152941.20374-10-peter.maydell@linaro.org
- CLOSING NOTE [2018-06-14 Thu 19:27] Looks good.
{PATCH 0/8} Docker improvements Message-Id: 20180628164643.9668-1-f4bug@amsat.org
- CLOSING NOTE [2018-06-29 Fri 21:38] Grabbed some patches, commented on others
{Qemu-arm} {PATCH v6 00/35} target/arm SVE patches Message-Id: 20180627043328.11531-1-richard.henderson@linaro.org
- CLOSING NOTE [2018-06-29 Fri 21:39] Looks good
{Qemu-devel} {PATCH v5 00/35} target/arm SVE patches Message-Id: 20180621015359.12018-1-richard.henderson@linaro.org
- CLOSING NOTE [2018-06-29 Fri 21:39] Looking good, stopped to move to v6
{PATCH 0/4} KVM: arm64: FPSIMD/SVE fixes for 4.17 Message-Id: 1528976039-25826-1-git-send-email-Dave.Martin@arm.com
- CLOSING NOTE [2018-06-29 Fri 21:40] Seems sane to me.
{Qemu-arm} {PATCH v3-a 00/27} target/arm: Scalable Vector Extension Message-Id: 20180516223007.10256-1-richard.henderson@linaro.org
- CLOSING NOTE [2018-07-13 Fri 20:02] Already merged
Absences ========
- Friday 20th July - YVR18 Connect (17th-21st September 2018) - KVM Forum 2018 (24th-26th October 2018)
Current Review Queue ====================
* {RFC PATCH 00/16} KVM: arm64: Initial support for SVE guests Message-Id: 1529593060-542-1-git-send-email-Dave.Martin@arm.com * {PATCH 0/5} tests/vm: Improvements when KVM is not available Message-Id: 20180717024827.27897-1-f4bug@amsat.org * {PATCH v4 00/19} reverse debugging Message-Id: 20180528071332.9424.27343.stgit@pasha-VirtualBox * {RFC PATCH 00/12} tests/tcg: Add TriCore tests Message-Id: 20180501142222.19154-1-kbastian@mail.uni-paderborn.de * {PATCH v4 00/14} fp-test + hardfloat Message-Id: 1528768140-17894-1-git-send-email-cota@braap.org * {Qemu-devel} {RFC PATCH v2 0/7} QEMU binary instrumentation prototype Message-Id: 152819515565.30857.16834004920507717324.stgit@pasha-ThinkPad-T60 -- Alex Bennée