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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/xm-test/README | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/xm-test/ramdisk/Makefile.am | 3 |
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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 diff --git a/tools/xm-test/ramdisk/Makefile.am b/tools/xm-test/ramdisk/Makefile.am index f578028129..0cdca83c80 100644 --- a/tools/xm-test/ramdisk/Makefile.am +++ b/tools/xm-test/ramdisk/Makefile.am @@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ disk.img: existing fi existing: + @if test -n "$(INITRD)"; then \ + wget $(INITRD)/$(XMTEST_VER_IMG); \ + fi @if [ -f $(XMTEST_VER_IMG) ] ; then \ ln -sf $(XMTEST_VER_IMG) initrd.img; \ else \ |