[#70544] use the same version of renode as the dashboards

.ci.yml

@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ Test Static release:
   stage: Test
   image: debian:bullseye
   variables:
-    RENODE_VERSION: "latest"
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND: "noninteractive"
     GET_CUSTOM_RENODE_REVISION: ""
+    RENODE_VERSION: "" # defaults to the one used on appropriate dashboard
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - ci-output/repls
@@ -69,15 +69,15 @@ Test Static release:
 Compare repls uboot:
   <<: *compare_repls
   variables:
-    RENODE_VERSION: "latest"
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND: "noninteractive"
     GET_CUSTOM_RENODE_REVISION: ""
+    RENODE_VERSION: "" # defaults to renode used on uboot-dashboard
     DASHBOARD_VARIANT: "uboot"
 
 Compare repls zephyr:
   <<: *compare_repls
   variables:
-    RENODE_VERSION: "latest"
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND: "noninteractive"
     GET_CUSTOM_RENODE_REVISION: ""
+    RENODE_VERSION: "" # defaults to renode used on zephyr-dashboard
     DASHBOARD_VARIANT: "zephyr"

ci/get_dashboard_replkit.sh

@@ -1,19 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-if [[ "$DASHBOARD_VARIANT" == "zephyr" ]]; then
-    GCP_SIM_BASE="https://zephyr-dashboard.renode.io/zephyr_sim"
-    export DEMO_NAME=hello_world
-elif [[ "$DASHBOARD_VARIANT" == "uboot" ]]; then
-    GCP_SIM_BASE="https://u-boot-dashboard.renode.io/uboot_sim"
-    export DEMO_NAME=uboot
-else
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-LATEST_SIM=$(curl --fail -sS -G "$GCP_SIM_BASE"/latest)
-LATEST_RENODE=$(curl --fail -sS -G "$GCP_SIM_BASE"/"$LATEST_SIM"/latest)
-wget "$GCP_SIM_BASE"/"$LATEST_SIM"/"$LATEST_RENODE"/replkit.tar.xz
+wget "$GCP_SIM_BASE"/"$LATEST_SIM"/"$LATEST_SIM_RENODE"/replkit.tar.xz
 
 mkdir replkit
 tar xf replkit.tar.xz -C replkit >/dev/null

ci/get_versions_from_dashboard.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ "$DASHBOARD_VARIANT" == "zephyr" ]]; then
+    export GCP_SIM_BASE="https://zephyr-dashboard.renode.io/zephyr_sim"
+    export DEMO_NAME=hello_world
+elif [[ "$DASHBOARD_VARIANT" == "uboot" ]]; then
+    export GCP_SIM_BASE="https://u-boot-dashboard.renode.io/uboot_sim"
+    export DEMO_NAME=uboot
+else
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+export LATEST_SIM=$(curl --fail -sS -G "$GCP_SIM_BASE"/latest)
+export LATEST_SIM_RENODE=$(curl --fail -sS -G "$GCP_SIM_BASE"/"$LATEST_SIM"/latest)
+
+if [ -z "$RENODE_VERSION" ]; then
+    export RENODE_VERSION="$LATEST_SIM_RENODE"
+fi

ci/prepare.sh

@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ echo -e "=================================================\n"
 # install dts2repl as module
 pip3 install .
 
+# get renode & latest simulation version to be used by the CI
+. ./ci/get_versions_from_dashboard.sh
+
 # download replkit and prepare dts/repl directory structure
 mkdir -p ci-output/{repls/{dashboard,generated,diffs},dts}
 (cd ci-output && ../ci/get_dashboard_replkit.sh)