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26bf19c94SChristoph Hellwig=== This is the QEMU I/O test suite ===
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46bf19c94SChristoph Hellwig* Intro
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66bf19c94SChristoph HellwigThis package contains a simple test suite for the I/O layer of qemu.
7*657c166fSStefan WeilIt does not require a guest, but only the qemu, qemu-img and qemu-io
86bf19c94SChristoph Hellwigbinaries.  This does limit it to exercise the low-level I/O path only
96bf19c94SChristoph Hellwigbut no actual block drivers like ide, scsi or virtio.
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116bf19c94SChristoph Hellwig* Usage
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136bf19c94SChristoph HellwigJust run ./check to run all tests for the raw image format, or ./check
146bf19c94SChristoph Hellwig-qcow2 to test the qcow2 image format.  The output of ./check -h explains
156bf19c94SChristoph Hellwigadditional options to test further image formats or I/O methods.
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176bf19c94SChristoph Hellwig* Feedback and patches
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196bf19c94SChristoph HellwigPlease send improvements to the test suite, general feedback or just
206bf19c94SChristoph Hellwigreports of failing tests cases to qemu-devel@savannah.nongnu.org.
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