Re: MIPS GDB Buildbot slave running Debian Jessie

[Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>]

On Monday, July 13 2015, Brendan Kirby wrote:

> I'm interested in setting up a GDB Buildbot slave on a MIPS board.  The
> board is an Edge Router Pro board running Debian Jessie. I've
> configured, built and run the GDB test suite on it based on the steps
> other builders are using in the GDB Buildbot master.  Due to what looks
> like I-cache coherency issues in the kernel the board needs to be run
> with no SMP.  Otherwise it builds and runs the test suite correctly. 
> We're passing over 23,000 of the GDB tests, but we still have 400 to 500
> test failures.  Would it be possible to get this board added to the GDB
> Buildbot?  If so, could you send me or point me at the config.json and
> the master.cfg files so that I can send a patch?

Hi Brendan,

Yes, your MIPS buildslave would be very welcome to our BuildBot!  In
order to simplify things, you can send me an e-mail offlist with the
following information:

- name of the buildslave;

- how many jobs it can handle when compiling/testing (i.e., what is the
  value of N in "make -j<N>")

- what types of builders do you want to assign to it (I suppose it will
  just build the plain GDB, i.e., no
  native-gdbserver/native-extended-gdbserver)

- the admin's e-mail address (BuildBot will send an e-mail to this
  address if the slave gets disconnected)

Also, don't forget to edit the "config/{info,host}" files (under your
buildslave directory) and put useful information there (take a look at
the "Slave information" section on any buildslave page to see examples).

After I have everything, I will generate a password for the slave and
send it to you, and you will be able to connect it to our BuildBot.

Thanks for the offer!

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