Re: [edk2-devel] [Patch v2][edk2-stable202011 3/4] OvmfPkg/PlatformCI/.azurepiplines: Use stable release of QEMU

["Michael D Kinney" <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>]

Hi Rebecca,

I think the general approach is to verify the latest version of everything
including the CI infrastructure components.

If a failure is detected due to a new component, then we can temporarily 
lock in a previous stable version until the issues with the new component
are resolved.

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: devel@edk2.groups.io <devel@edk2.groups.io> On Behalf Of Rebecca Cran
> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2020 6:58 AM
> To: devel@edk2.groups.io; Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> Cc: Sean Brogan <sean.brogan@microsoft.com>; Bret Barkelew <Bret.Barkelew@microsoft.com>; Liming Gao
> <gaoliming@byosoft.com.cn>; Justen, Jordan L <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>; Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>; Ard Biesheuvel
> <ard.biesheuvel@arm.com>
> Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [Patch v2][edk2-stable202011 3/4] OvmfPkg/PlatformCI/.azurepiplines: Use stable release of QEMU
> 
> Related, should we use a known version of Ubuntu in testing?
> 
> Currently, there are several lines with 'ubuntu-latest' - e.g.:
> 
> .azurepipelines/Ubuntu-GCC5.yml:17:    vm_image: 'ubuntu-latest'
> .azurepipelines/Ubuntu-PatchCheck.yml:21:  vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'
> 
> OvmfPkg/PlatformCI/.azurepipelines/Ubuntu-GCC5.yml:20: vm_image:
> 'ubuntu-latest'
> 
> 
> I'm not familiar with how Azure works, but could this cause problems
> when they update their Ubuntu latest image to 21.04 etc. and things
> change under us?
> 
> 
> --
> Rebecca Cran
> 
> 
> On 11/24/20 10:07 PM, Michael D Kinney wrote:
> > Install the 2020.08.14 release of QEMU for Windows.
> >
> > The QEMU release from 2020.11.20 is installed into the incorrect
> > directory and is causing EDK II CI failures in the run to shell
> > step.
> >
> > Cc: Sean Brogan <sean.brogan@microsoft.com>
> > Cc: Bret Barkelew <Bret.Barkelew@microsoft.com>
> > Cc: Liming Gao <gaoliming@byosoft.com.cn>
> > Cc: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>
> > Cc: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@arm.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> > ---
> >   OvmfPkg/PlatformCI/.azurepipelines/Windows-VS2019.yml | 2 +-
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/OvmfPkg/PlatformCI/.azurepipelines/Windows-VS2019.yml b/OvmfPkg/PlatformCI/.azurepipelines/Windows-
> VS2019.yml
> > index 02ed233fdb60..dd19fff50066 100644
> > --- a/OvmfPkg/PlatformCI/.azurepipelines/Windows-VS2019.yml
> > +++ b/OvmfPkg/PlatformCI/.azurepipelines/Windows-VS2019.yml
> > @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
> >           build_flags: $(Build.Flags)
> >           run_flags: $(Run.Flags)
> >           extra_install_step:
> > -        - powershell: choco install qemu; Write-Host "##vso[task.prependpath]c:\Program Files\qemu"
> > +        - powershell: choco install qemu --version=2020.08.14; Write-Host "##vso[task.prependpath]c:\Program
> Files\qemu"
> >             displayName: Install QEMU and Set QEMU on path # friendly name displayed in the UI
> >             condition: and(gt(variables.pkg_count, 0), succeeded())
> >
> 
> 
> 
>