Enable simics telnet port and multiple attempts to start simics

Change-Id: I9059851b432f2a54e47ae479a631ef3f3e8cd8b6
Reviewed-on: http://ralgit01.raleigh.ibm.com/gerrit1/33700
Tested-by: Jenkins Server <pfd-jenkins+hostboot@us.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Christian R. Geddes <crgeddes@us.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Jenkins OP Build CI <op-jenkins+hostboot@us.ibm.com>
Tested-by: FSP CI Jenkins <fsp-CI-jenkins+hostboot@us.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthew A. Ploetz <maploetz@us.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel M. Crowell <dcrowell@us.ibm.com>

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/build/citest/autocitest b/src/build/citest/autocitest
index 587ccfce6..f7374060e 100755
--- a/src/build/citest/autocitest
+++ b/src/build/citest/autocitest
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ waitkb
 timestamp=`date +'%H:%M:%S'`
 echo "$timestamp Starting autosample test..."
 
+# see simics license usage
+tail -n 500 /afs/rch/usr4/dlarson/public/stats/lic_usage.txt | grep hindsight
+
 # Run set up in current shell
 echo    "run autosimsetup.."
 export AUTOSIM_WORKDIR=$SANDBOXBASE
@@ -171,9 +174,6 @@ fi
 
 waitkb
 
-# Start simics and wait for it to reach standby
-echo "Starting simics"
-
 # If we are running under Jenkins, do "no remote execution" because built in
 # /tmp.
 if [ -z $RUNNING_UNDER_JENKINS -a -z $SANDBOX_IN_TEMP ];
@@ -186,15 +186,40 @@ else
     NRE="--sim_parms -nre"
 fi
 
+# Start simics and wait for it to reach standby
+echo "Attempting to start simics"
+
 #autosim $VERBOSE --startsim --chkpt standby <<< chkpt not working yet
-autosim $NOWIN $VERBOSE --startsim $NRE --notar
+max_start_simics_attempts=5
+current_attempts=0
+while [ $current_attempts -lt $max_start_simics_attempts ]; do
+    echo "> Attempt $current_attempts/$max_start_simics_attempts to start simics"
+    autosim $NOWIN $VERBOSE --startsim $NRE --notar
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+        # Do not fail until max attempts tried
+        if [ $current_attempts -ge $max_start_simics_attempts ]; then
+            echo ">> ERROR: Unable to start simics $?"
+            stopserver      ##  kill the server again.
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        echo ">> Failed: trying to start simics again"
+        sleep 15
+    else
+        echo ">> Success: started simics"
+        break
+    fi
+    ((current_attempts++))
+done
+
+waitkb
+
+# open simics telnet port
+autosim --simtelnet
 if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
-        echo "ERROR: Unable to start simics $?"
-        stopserver      ##  kill the server again.
-        exit 1
+    echo "ERROR: Unable to open simics telnet port $?"
+    exit 1
 fi
 
-
 waitkb