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README: add selftest note and invite setup steps for running locally
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Patchwork is a web interface for patches posted to mailing lists,
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and can also handle test results being reported against said patches.
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Currently this project only includes simple checks and build testing,
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all Linux kernel-centric. Patches are not tested against existing
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kernel selftests.
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Please see `the wiki <https://github.com/linux-netdev/nipa/wiki>`_
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for how to interact with NIPA.
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the tree to, it will just try to apply the patches to whatever branch is
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currently checked out in the `$linux` repo.
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Setup
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TODO: please open a PR and add package installation and prep needed to run NIPA on your distro of choice.
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selftests
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When testing purely selftest patch sets it's useful to skip building the kernel,
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which takes a long time::
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--disable-test patch/build_32bit \
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patch/build_allmodconfig_warn \
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patch/build_clang \
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patch/build_clang_rust
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Structure
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