[kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 00/13] arm/arm64: Add kvmtool to the runner script

[Alexandru Elisei]

Hi Drew,

On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 06:42:01PM +0200, Andrew Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 04:48:00PM +0100, Alexandru Elisei wrote:
> > v3 can be found here [1]. Based on top of the series that add qemu_params and
> > test_args [2].
> > 
> > To goal is to allow the user to do:
> > 
> > $ ./configure --target=kvmtool
> > $ make clean && make
> > $ ./run_tests.sh
> > 
> > to run all the tests automatically with kvmtool.
> > 
> > Reasons to use kvmtool:
> > 
> > * kvmtool is smaller and a lot easier to modify compared to qemu, which
> > means developers may prefer it when adding or prototyping new features to
> > KVM, and being able to run all the tests reliably and automatically is very
> > useful.
> > 
> > * kvmtool is faster to run the tests (a couple of times faster on
> > my rockpro64), making for a quick turnaround. But do keep in mind that not
> > all tests work on kvmtool because of missing features compared to qemu.
> > 
> > * kvmtool does things differently than qemu: different memory layout,
> > different uart, PMU emulation is disabled by default, etc. This makes it a
> > good testing vehicule for kvm-unit-tests itself.
> 
> Thanks for this Alex! I didn't test it on arm yet, but I did test it on
> riscv with the quick patch below. It works great.