From: Denis Mukhin <dmukhin@ford.com> 

It is handy to have 2 CPUs and more RAM for smoke testing a hypervisor
change via XTF.

Align x86 QEMU configuration with Arm for XTF tests: 2 CPU and 2G of RAM.

Signed-off-by: Denis Mukhin <dmukhin@ford.com>
---
 automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64     | 3 ++-
 automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64-efi | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64 b/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64
index b1b0cc201efa..186f074bd8eb 100644
--- a/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64
+++ b/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ function xtf_arch_setup()
         -nographic \
         -monitor none \
         -serial stdio \
-        -m 512 \
+        -m 2048 \
+        -smp 2 \
         -kernel ${XEN_BINARY} \
         -initrd ${XTF_BINARY} \
         -append \"${XEN_CMDLINE}\" \
diff --git a/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64-efi b/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64-efi
index 8340c745dbf4..15c6463dcdc5 100644
--- a/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64-efi
+++ b/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64-efi
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ EOF
         -nographic \
         -monitor none \
         -serial stdio \
-        -m 512 \
+        -m 2048 \
+        -smp 2 \
         -M q35,kernel-irqchip=split \
         -drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly=on,file=${FW_PREFIX}OVMF_CODE${suff}.fd \
         -drive if=pflash,format=raw,file=${WORKDIR}/OVMF_VARS${suff}.fd \
-- 
2.52.0

On Mon, 1 Feb 2026, dmukhin@xen.org wrote:
> From: Denis Mukhin <dmukhin@ford.com> 
> 
> It is handy to have 2 CPUs and more RAM for smoke testing a hypervisor
> change via XTF.
> 
> Align x86 QEMU configuration with Arm for XTF tests: 2 CPU and 2G of RAM.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Denis Mukhin <dmukhin@ford.com>

Please provide a link to the successful pipeline. With that:

Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>

> ---
>  automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64     | 3 ++-
>  automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64-efi | 3 ++-
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64 b/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64
> index b1b0cc201efa..186f074bd8eb 100644
> --- a/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64
> +++ b/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64
> @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ function xtf_arch_setup()
>          -nographic \
>          -monitor none \
>          -serial stdio \
> -        -m 512 \
> +        -m 2048 \
> +        -smp 2 \
>          -kernel ${XEN_BINARY} \
>          -initrd ${XTF_BINARY} \
>          -append \"${XEN_CMDLINE}\" \
> diff --git a/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64-efi b/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64-efi
> index 8340c745dbf4..15c6463dcdc5 100644
> --- a/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64-efi
> +++ b/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64-efi
> @@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ EOF
>          -nographic \
>          -monitor none \
>          -serial stdio \
> -        -m 512 \
> +        -m 2048 \
> +        -smp 2 \
>          -M q35,kernel-irqchip=split \
>          -drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly=on,file=${FW_PREFIX}OVMF_CODE${suff}.fd \
>          -drive if=pflash,format=raw,file=${WORKDIR}/OVMF_VARS${suff}.fd \
> -- 
> 2.52.0
>

On Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 03:40:16PM -0800, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Feb 2026, dmukhin@xen.org wrote:
> > From: Denis Mukhin <dmukhin@ford.com> 
> > 
> > It is handy to have 2 CPUs and more RAM for smoke testing a hypervisor
> > change via XTF.
> > 
> > Align x86 QEMU configuration with Arm for XTF tests: 2 CPU and 2G of RAM.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Denis Mukhin <dmukhin@ford.com>
> 
> Please provide a link to the successful pipeline. With that:

CI run: https://gitlab.com/xen-project/people/dmukhin/xen/-/pipelines/2304311308

> 
> Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>

Thanks!