Re: [PATCH 5/6] kvm-xfstests: add initrd support

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 12:54:10AM +0400, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:

Sometimes it is important to run kernel which was build with
modules, so the only way to do this it to pass initrd parameter.

Example:
# Run test on official FC24 kernel
#wget https://mirror.yandex.ru/fedora/linux/releases/24/Server/x86_64/os/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
#wget https://mirror.yandex.ru/fedora/linux/releases/24/Server/x86_64/os/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
#kvm-xfstests.sh --kernel vmlinuz --initrd initrd.img generic/013

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <redacted>

OK, applied with some slight modifications so that --initrd is only
accepted for kvm-xfstests.

BTW, I tried using the Fedora 24 kernel, and there's something wonky
with the serial console.  It looks like every other character which is
typed is getting eaten.  I suppose it's good to be able to test with
random distribution kernels with initrds, but there may be weird
compatibility issues with different distro's initrds, so I am a bit
worried that this might be a bit of a support headache in the long
term.

						- Ted