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[ndctl,v2,2/2] README.md: document CXL unit tests

Message ID 20230531022414.7604-2-lizhijian@fujitsu.com
State Accepted
Commit 3b74503a8bff8421dd2394284a93d4b4de686aeb
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Series [ndctl,v2,1/2] CONTRIBUTING.md: document cxl mailing list | expand

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Zhijian Li (Fujitsu) May 31, 2023, 2:24 a.m. UTC 
It requires some CLX specific kconfigs and testing purpose module

Signed-off-by: Li Zhijian <lizhijian@fujitsu.com>
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V2: Add separate CXL unit test entry # Dave
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 README.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c7cf0dd065d..4874430a023b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,6 +82,32 @@  loaded.  To build and install nfit_test.ko:
    sudo make modules_install
    ```
 
+1. CXL test
+
+   The unit tests will also run CXL test by default. In order to make the
+   CXL test work smoothly, we need to install the cxl_test.ko as well.
+
+   Obtain the CXL kernel source(optional).  For example,
+   `git clone -b pending git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cxl/cxl.git`
+
+   Enable CXL specific kernel configurations
+   ```
+   CONFIG_CXL_BUS=m
+   CONFIG_CXL_PCI=m
+   CONFIG_CXL_ACPI=m
+   CONFIG_CXL_PMEM=m
+   CONFIG_CXL_MEM=m
+   CONFIG_CXL_PORT=m
+   CONFIG_CXL_REGION=y
+   CONFIG_CXL_REGION_INVALIDATION_TEST=y
+   CONFIG_DEV_DAX_CXL=m
+   ```
+   Install cxl_test.ko
+   ```
+   make M=tools/testing/cxl
+   sudo make M=tools/testing/cxl modules_install
+   sudo make modules_install
+   ```
 1. Now run `meson test -C build` in the ndctl source directory, or `ndctl test`,
    if ndctl was built with `-Dtest=enabled` as a configuration option to meson.