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Subject: Re: scsi_debug in fstests and blktests (Was: Re: Fwd: [bug
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On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 08:34:12AM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> I would love it if blktests didn't require modules, period.  That's
> because it's super-convenient to be able to pluck a kernel out from
> the build tree without having to install it first.  If all of the
> necessary devices could be built-into the kernel, this would allow
> this to work:

Yes, all my testing runs that way normally.  And running blktests
does not fit that workflow at all.