GRML-KERNELTEST(8)

grml-kerneltest - Tool to test the linux kernel

grml-kerneltest [OPTIONS] action [kernel-version]

grml-kerneltest is a program that provides an easy way for grml developers to test a development kernel snapshot. Thus grml-kerneltest has a few hardcoded values (like url for grml development kernels).

g, get <kernel-version>

This command downloads the whole development kernel snapshot from http://dufo.tugraz.at/~prokop/grml-kernel/kernel-version. This command creates a list of debian packages for the kernel into <kernel-version>.

i, install <kernel-version>

Install the hole kernel via dpkg -i (does not take dependencies into account). You could exclude modules through <kernel-version>.iignore (one pattern per line).

l, load

This command tries to load and unload all available kernel-modules (may crash the system). Add patterns to exclude modules to ./<kernel-version>.lignore (one per line). /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.dep should be up to date (run depmod -a).

h, help

Show the help message.

-h, help

Show summary of options.

-l (default=30)

Limit number of kernel-modules to load to 30.

-c

Activate terminal-colors (default is to activate it on interactive terminals).

grml-kerneltest -g 2.6.16-grml

Downloads the whole 2.6.16-grml development kernel snapshot.

grml-kerneltest -i 2.6.16-grml

Tries to install kernel 2.6.16-grml (excluding matching patterns from 2.6.16-grml.iignore).

grml-kerneltest -l 20

Loads and unloads the first 20 modules from /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.dep.

modprobe(8)

grml-kerneltest was written by Michael Gebetsroither <michael.geb@gmx.at>.

This manual page was written by Michael Gebetsroither <gebi@grml.org>.