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diff --git a/docs/devel/ci-jobs.rst.inc b/docs/devel/ci-jobs.rst.inc index 92e25872aa..eb6a9e6122 100644 --- a/docs/devel/ci-jobs.rst.inc +++ b/docs/devel/ci-jobs.rst.inc @@ -28,7 +28,35 @@ For further information about how to set these variables, please refer to:: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/push_options.html#push-options-for-gitlab-cicd -Here is a list of the most used variables: +Variable naming and grouping +---------------------------- + +The variables used by QEMU's CI configuration are grouped together +in a handful of namespaces + + * QEMU_JOB_nnnn - variables to be defined in individual jobs + or templates, to influence the shared rules defined in the + .base_job_template. + + * QEMU_CI_nnn - variables to be set by contributors in their + repository CI settings, or as git push variables, to influence + which jobs get run in a pipeline + + * nnn - other misc variables not falling into the above + categories, or using different names for historical reasons + and not yet converted. + +Maintainer controlled job variables +----------------------------------- + +The following variables may be set when defining a job in the +CI configuration file. + +Contributor controlled runtime variables +---------------------------------------- + +The following variables may be set by contributors to control +job execution QEMU_CI_AVOCADO_TESTING ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -38,6 +66,12 @@ these artifacts are not already cached, downloading them make the jobs reach the timeout limit). Set this variable to have the tests using the Avocado framework run automatically. +Other misc variables +-------------------- + +These variables are primarily to control execution of jobs on +private runners + AARCH64_RUNNER_AVAILABLE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you've got access to an aarch64 host that can be used as a gitlab-CI |