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diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..41a425586 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +The rcutorture scripting tools automatically create an initrd containing +a single statically linked binary named "init" that loops over a +very long sleep() call. In both cases, this creation is done by +tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/mkinitrd.sh. + +However, if you don't like the notion of statically linked bare-bones +userspace environments, you might wish to press an existing initrd +into service: + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +cd tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture +zcat /initrd.img > /tmp/initrd.img.zcat +mkdir initrd +cd initrd +cpio -id < /tmp/initrd.img.zcat +# Manually verify that initrd contains needed binaries and libraries. |