I agree that we should be replacing the tests that require non-distributable binaries with freely distributable alternatives. I don't know anything about the LLVM test suite, but on the surface that sounds good to me.
Meanwhile, though, you can run a pretty substantial subset of the regressions (including of course all the compilation tests, and all the hello-world apps, and the Linux boot tests) without the non-distributable binaries, so I don't think people such as Bjoern should hesitate to run as much of the regression suite as they can in the meantime. That would still be very useful even without us addressing the binary distribution problem. Steve On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 11:50 PM Andreas Hansson <andreas.hans...@arm.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > It would be great to run the regressions on a more diverse set of hosts. > We do have an issue with not being able to distribute the necessary > binaries though, so at the moment it is difficult to see how we sensibly > enable the wider audience to run the full regression suite. Perhaps this > is a good time to start contemplating switching the test binaries for > something more like the LLVM test suite? Any other suggestions? > > Andreas > > On 04/01/2016, 05:25, "gem5-dev on behalf of Steve Reinhardt" > <gem5-dev-boun...@gem5.org on behalf of ste...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >The regression script is in util... 'util/regress' as Andreas called it is > >actually the path to run it from the root directory. If you'd be willing > >to > >run it in your environment occasionally and keep us posted on the results > >that would be great. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Steve > > > > > >On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 5:36 AM Bjoern A. Zeeb < > >bzeeb-li...@lists.zabbadoz.net> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> private reply. > >> > >> > On 03 Jan 2016, at 10:50 , Andreas Hansson <andreas.hans...@arm.com> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi Bjoern, > >> > > >> > All architectures are built and tested on a daily basis, but > >> unfortunately > >> > only using gcc 4.7 at this point. This is done by the util/regress > >> script, > >> > which by default builds all architectures and Ruby protocols, and when > >> > passed “all” runs all regressions. > >> > > >> > The snipped you include builds fine on gcc 4.7, 4.8 and I think even > >>4.9 > >> > without the override. It is only gcc 5 and clang that warns about > >>this. > >> > Admittedly it would be nice to build gem5 against all supported > >> > combinations of tools on a regular basis, but that is unfortunately > >>not > >> > done at this time. > >> > >> I see. Thanks a lot for your reply. I’ll try to send patches, as I > >>have > >> MIPS compiling with clang on FreeBSD HEAD as of last night. Only took > >>90 > >> minutes to fix everything and push it through :) > >> > >> Is that regression script available somewhere in the gem5 repo? I am > >> wondering if I can run it once in a while on a FreeBSD HEAD machine and > >> deal with the results or at least feed them back? Resources are a bit > >> limited but if there are spare cycles, why not use them. Would that be > >> helpful? > >> > >> > >> Greetings, > >> Bjoern > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gem5-dev mailing list > >> gem5-dev@gem5.org > >> http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev > >> > >_______________________________________________ > >gem5-dev mailing list > >gem5-dev@gem5.org > >http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev > > IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are > confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the > contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the > information in any medium. Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > gem5-dev mailing list > gem5-dev@gem5.org > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev > _______________________________________________ gem5-dev mailing list gem5-dev@gem5.org http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev
