coreos / coreos/coreos-assembler
Supporting aarch64/ppc64le/s390x/x86_64 in the future when `/dev/kvm` is not available
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- Go
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Description
We need a solution for continuing to use coreos-assembler across all supported architectures where /dev/kvm is not available, in order to support our strongly coupled build+test model that we have adopted.
In the near future, /dev/kvm will not be available for newer ppc64le platforms and will break our ability to produce CoreOS-based builds on that platform. We may be able to continue to limp along on older versions of ppc64le platforms, but we will eventually reach a point in time where that will no longer be possible.
How will we be able to continue to support our opinionated, container-based build+test model using coreos-assembler in that future?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reviewing coreos-assembler's container-based build+test flow and its assumptions about /dev/kvm across aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, and x86_64; done means defining a solution that continues to support the model when /dev/kvm is unavailable.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100