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Message-ID: <29c7-64e8bc00-3-6afffd8@162524261>
Date:   Fri, 25 Aug 2023 15:34:15 +0100
From:   "Helen Mae Koike Fornazier" <helen.koike@...labora.com>
To:     "Rob Clark" <robdclark@...il.com>
Cc:     "Jani Nikula" <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Vignesh Raman" <vignesh.raman@...labora.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, emma@...olt.net,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] drm: ci: Force 
 db410c to host mode

On Friday, August 25, 2023 11:30 -03, Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 6:56 AM Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 25 Aug 2023, Vignesh Raman <vignesh.raman@...labora.com> wrote:
> > > Force db410c to host mode to fix network issue which results in failure
> > > to mount root fs via NFS.
> > > See https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gfx-ci/linux/-/commit/cb72a629b8c15c80a54dda510743cefd1c4b65b8
> > >
> > > Since this fix is not sent upstream, add it to build.sh script
> > > before building the kernel and dts. Better approach would be
> > > to use devicetree overlays.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Vignesh Raman <vignesh.raman@...labora.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/gpu/drm/ci/build.sh | 4 ++++
> > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ci/build.sh b/drivers/gpu/drm/ci/build.sh
> > > index 7b014287a041..c39834bd6bd7 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ci/build.sh
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ci/build.sh
> > > @@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ if [ -z "$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_PROJECT_PATH" ]; then
> > >      fi
> > >  fi
> > >
> > > +# Force db410c to host mode to fix network issue which results in failure to mount root fs via NFS.
> > > +# See https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gfx-ci/linux/-/commit/cb72a629b8c15c80a54dda510743cefd1c4b65b8
> > > +sed -i '/&usb {/,/status = "okay";/s/status = "okay";/&\n\tdr_mode = "host";/' arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/apq8016-sbc.dts
> > > +
> >
> > It seems like a really bad idea to me to have the CI build modify the
> > source tree before building.
> >
> > The kernel being built will have a dirty git repo, and the localversion
> > will have -dirty in it.
> >
> > I think it would be better to do out-of-tree builds and assume the
> > source is read-only.
> 
> We have the ${target_branch}-external-fixes mechanism to merge
> necessary changes before building the kernel for CI.  Which is
> necessary for a couple of reasons:

Should we create an official topic/drm-ci-external-fixes branch ?

Regards,
Helen

> 
> 1) patches like this which aren't appropriate upstream but necessary
> due to the CI lab setup
> 2) target branch if often based on an early -rc, and it isn't unheard
> of to need some fix for some board or another which isn't appropriate
> to land via drm-next
> 
> We should use the -external-fixes branch mechanism for patches like this one.
> 
> BR,
> -R
> 
> > >  for opt in $ENABLE_KCONFIGS; do
> > >    echo CONFIG_$opt=y >> drivers/gpu/drm/ci/${KERNEL_ARCH}.config
> > >  done
> >
> > Ditto for the config changes in the context here. Those are files in
> > git, don't change them.
> >
> > Shouldn't this use something like 'scripts/config --enable' or
> > 'scripts/config --disable' on the .config file to be used for building
> > instead?
> >
> >
> > BR,
> > Jani.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center

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