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| author | pl@us.ibm.com <pl@us.ibm.com> | 2006-02-22 16:02:54 +0100 |
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| committer | pl@us.ibm.com <pl@us.ibm.com> | 2006-02-22 16:02:54 +0100 |
| commit | c9eb2aae5d5d22fd4bb34bd8b5d253cfab3f9d4b (patch) | |
| tree | c201da6f2a0c78d0612fc1c2a59d5bee55fa3e60 /tools/xm-test/README | |
| parent | acd1abe9f93c8148f6c53a9e6a0a939843a1dbd3 (diff) | |
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XM-Test takes a really long time to build the initrd it uses for testing. This patch to the Makefile allows you to specify INITRD="url" when running make existing to make it download a prebuilt copy of the initrd from a repository.
Signed-off-by: Paul Larson <pl@us.ibm.com>
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diff --git a/tools/xm-test/README b/tools/xm-test/README index f65e9a26b5..ca5b70e81a 100644 --- a/tools/xm-test/README +++ b/tools/xm-test/README @@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ Simply copy the initrd-X.Y.img file into ramdisk/ and then run: # make existing +Or, you can run: + # INITRD="http://url.of.initrd.repo/" make existing + +You do not need to include the name of the image itself in the url, +however, an initrd with the right name (initrd.X.Y.img) and version +number must exist at that location. The script will determine which +version of the initrd it needs and try to download the right file from +that location. + This will set up the link so that xm-test will use the existing ramdisk. Next, just run "runtest.sh" normally. Note that in general, you should not attempt to use a ramdisk from a previous minor version |