Subject: bug#47956: closed (Re: bug#47744: [PATCH] nfs-root test is failing)

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Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 10:02:02 +0000

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#47744: [PATCH] nfs-root test is failing

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Subject: Re: bug#47744: [PATCH] nfs-root test is failing
From: Mathieu Othacehe <[email-masked]>
To: Stefan <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 11:01:36 +0100
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Hello Stefan,

> Sorry, that was not quite correct. I sent a patch months back, which did not
> make it into this ticket, which solved this ticket but depends on
> <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/48314>.

I turned the nfs-root-fs test into an nfs-full test that is based on
your patch. It spawns a VM with an NFS server and another VM that mounts
it.

It should now be possible to reintroduce an nfs-root-fs test so that the
client VM uses an NFS as its root directory.

Thanks,

Mathieu

Subject: Re: nfs-root-fs test is failing
From: Stefan <[email-masked]>
To: Mathieu Othacehe <[email-masked]>
Cc: Danny Milosavljevic <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 21:28:01 +0200
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Hi Mathieu!

> I think I'll remove the "nfs-root-fs" test for now.

> Any objections?

I’d like to ask you to apply my patch. It paves the way for using nfs-shares inside virtual machines, which is not possible today. This is certainly a good impovement. 

The patch also fixes the nfs-root test. It would certainly work, if networking in qemu during the bootup works and if the two virtual machines are able to communicate via IP to each other.

It woud be sufficient to comment out the nfs-root test or even only the client part of it. But please don’t throw it away!

If either the kernel or the initrd will be changed to support networking in qemu, then this test needs possibly only small adjustments to start working. For the networking part at bootup it is enough to add CONFIG_E1000 when building linux-libre. Is that an acceptable change? If so then I could give it another try.

Bye

Stefan