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-rw-r--r--Documentation/howto-tests.txt14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/howto-tests.txt b/Documentation/howto-tests.txt
index ca14b2b95..fe91024b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto-tests.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto-tests.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
# cd tests
# ./run.sh [--verbose] [--memcheck]
+ note that as root you have to manually remove output and diff directories
+
+ # rm -rf output diff
+
+ or run 'make clean' as root.
+
+
Run subset of tests:
$ ./run.sh <test_directory-name>
@@ -30,5 +37,8 @@
*** WARNING for root users ***
- The tests touch your /etc/fstab. Please, be careful and use
- these tests only for development and never on production system.
+ The tests touch your /etc/fstab, initialize loop devices or scsi_debug devices
+ if executed with root permissions.
+
+ Please, be careful and use these tests only for development and never on
+ production system.