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author | Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com> | 2022-10-08 02:19:22 +0300 |
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committer | Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com> | 2022-10-10 17:34:25 +0300 |
commit | 88991b965f8343030a47d40287daa3b13a2dc212 (patch) | |
tree | 497e2b59b6118768c5390bdcdff6939decea194f /doc/develop | |
parent | 627b0ba397e44a0ef0105c2ec5f0679c36b816a0 (diff) | |
download | u-boot-88991b965f8343030a47d40287daa3b13a2dc212.tar.xz |
doc: describe usage of virt-make-fs for testing
We want tests to avoid the usage of sudo. Describe that virt-make-fs can
generate disk images without being root.
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>
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diff --git a/doc/develop/py_testing.rst b/doc/develop/py_testing.rst index 92fbd22721..6ff7810340 100644 --- a/doc/develop/py_testing.rst +++ b/doc/develop/py_testing.rst @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ will be required. The following is an incomplete list: * coreutils * dosfstools * efitools +* guestfs-tools * mount * mtools * sbsigntool @@ -63,6 +64,24 @@ The test script supports either: physical board, attach to the board's console stream, and reset the board. Further details are described later. +The usage of command 'sudo' should be avoided in tests. To create disk images +use command virt-make-fs which is provided by package guestfs-tools. This +command creates a virtual machine with QEMU in which the disk image is +generated. + +Command virt-make-fs needs read access to the current kernel. On Ubuntu only +root has this privilege. You can add a script /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/vmlinuz +with the following content to overcome the problem: + +.. code-block:: bash + + #!/bin/sh + echo "chmod a+r vmlinuz-*" + chmod a+r /boot/vmlinuz-* + +The script should be chmod 755. It will be invoked whenever the initial RAM file +system is updated. + Using `virtualenv` to provide requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |