Re: TestBot and graphics tests

[Henri Verbeet]

On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 at 11:05, Francois Gouget  wrote:
> - Then one needs to prevent the host from using the graphics card.
> Usually that's done by having the host use the processor's IGP and
> dedicating the discrete GPU to the VMs. Unfortunately the 2600's IGP
> cannot be active when there's a discrete card so that route is denied
> to us. Fortunately there's quite a bit of documentation on how to shut
> down not just X but also the Linux virtual consoles to free the GPU
> and hand it over to the VMs after boot.
> Doing so means losing KVM access to the host which is a bit annoying
> in case something goes wrong. So ideally we'd make sure this does not
> happen in grub's "safe mode" boot option.

Another option would be to add an inexpensive card just for that purpose.