[llvm-commits] [llvm] r143578 - /llvm/trunk/docs/HowToAddABuilder.html

Wed Nov 2 15:05:18 PDT 2011

Author: gkistanova
Date: Wed Nov  2 17:05:18 2011
New Revision: 143578

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=143578&view=rev
Log:
Few corrections on the document page.

Modified:
    llvm/trunk/docs/HowToAddABuilder.html

Modified: llvm/trunk/docs/HowToAddABuilder.html
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/docs/HowToAddABuilder.html?rev=143578&r1=143577&r2=143578&view=diff
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--- llvm/trunk/docs/HowToAddABuilder.html (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/HowToAddABuilder.html Wed Nov  2 17:05:18 2011
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 </head>
 <body>
 
-<h1>How To Release LLVM To The Public</h1>
+<h1>How To Add Your Build Configuration To LLVM Buildbot Infrastructure</h1>
 <ol>
   <li><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></li>
-  <li><a href="#criteria">Steps To Add Builder To LLVM Buildbot</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#process">Steps To Add Builder To LLVM Buildbot</a></li>
 </ol>
 <div class="doc_author">
   <p>Written by <a href="mailto:gkistanova at gmail.com">Galina Kistanova</a>
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@
 
 <div>
 
-<p>This document contains information about adding private slave builder to 
-   LLVM Buildbot Infrastructure: <tt>http://lab.llvm.org:8011</tt>
+<p>This document contains information about adding a build configuration and 
+   buildslave to private slave builder to LLVM Buildbot Infrastructure 
+   <a href="http://lab.llvm.org:8011">http://lab.llvm.org:8011</a>
 </div>
 
 <!-- *********************************************************************** -->
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
 <!-- *********************************************************************** -->
 <div>
 
-<p>Volunters can provide there build machines to work as slave builders to
+<p>Volunteers can provide their build machines to work as build slaves to
    public LLVM Buildbot. Below described recommended steps to implement this
    task.</p>
 
@@ -42,8 +43,8 @@
 <ol>
   <li><p>Check the existing build configurations to make sure the one you are 
       interested in is not covered yet or gets built on your computer much 
-      faster than existing one. We prefer faster builds so developers will get 
-      feedback sooner after changes get committed.</p></li>
+      faster than on the existing one. We prefer faster builds so developers 
+      will get feedback sooner after changes get committed.</p></li>
 
   <li><p>The computer you will be registering with the LLVM buildbot 
       infrastructure should have all dependencies installed and you can 
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@
   <li><p>Install buildslave (currently we are using buildbot version 0.8.5). 
       Depending on the platform, buildslave could be available to download and 
       install with your packet manager, or you can download it directly from 
-      <tt>http://trac.buildbot.net/</tt> and install it manually.</p></li>
+      <a href="http://trac.buildbot.net">http://trac.buildbot.net</a> and 
+      install it manually.</p></li>
 
   <li><p>Create a designated user account your buildslave will be running 
       under.</p></li>
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@
       to authenticate your build slave.</p></li>
 
   <li><p>Then create a build slave in context of that buildslave account.
-      Point it to the <tt>lab.llvm.org port 9990</tt><br /> 
+      Point it to the lab.llvm.org port 9990<br /> 
       (see <tt>http://buildbot.net/buildbot/docs/current/full.html#creating-a-slave</tt>
       for more details) by running the following command:
       <div class="doc_code">
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@
       <pre>
            Windows 7 x64
            Core i7 (2.66GHz), 16GB of RAM
-           
+
            g++.exe (TDM-1 mingw32) 4.4.0
            GNU Binutils 2.19.1
            cmake version 2.8.4
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@
 
   <li><p>Make sure you can actually start the buildslave successfully. Then set 
       up your build slave to start automatically at the start up time.
-      See buildbot manual for help.</p></li>
+      See buildbot manual for help. You may want to restart your computer to see if it works.</p></li>
 
   <li><p>Send a patch which adds your build slave and builder to zorg.<br />
            * slaves are added to<br />
@@ -98,7 +100,13 @@
   <li><p>Then send the buildslave access name and password directly to 
       <a href="mailto:gkistanova at gmail.com">Galina Kistanova</a> 
 
-  <li><p>Finally, the end!</p></li>
+  <li><p>Check the status of your buildslave on 
+      http://lab.llvm.org:8011/waterfall to make sure it is connected, and 
+      http://lab.llvm.org:8011/buildslaves/<your buildslave name> to see 
+      if the information is correct.</p></li>
+
+  <li><p>Wait for the first build to succeed and see if it could go faster with 
+      higher degree of parallelism (-j param).</p></li>
 </ol>
 
 </div>



