These KVM test appliance images are designed to be used with the kvm-xfstests system which can be found here: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/ext2/xfstests-bld.git If you are testing a 32-bit x86 kernel you must use the root_fs.img.i386. If you are using a 64-bit x86 kernel, you may use either the i386 or x86_64 root_fs.img file. Information on how to use these images can be found at the Quick Start guide, located at: https://github.com/tytso/xfstests-bld/blob/master/Documentation/kvm-quickstart.md The "corresponding source" of the GPL binaries found in these KVM images can be found in the source packages from this snapshot of Debian distribution's "bookworm" release: https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20240531T083821Z/ ... as well as the following git repositories: blktests f043065 (Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:26:22 +0900) fio fio-3.38 (Wed, 2 Oct 2024 12:53:13 -0600) fsverity v1.6 (Wed, 20 Mar 2024 21:21:46 -0700) ima-evm-utils v1.5 (Mon, 6 Mar 2023 07:40:07 -0500) libaio libaio-0.3.108-82-gb8eadc9 (Thu, 2 Jun 2022 13:33:11 +0200) ltp 20240930 (Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:27:12 +0200) quota v4.05-69-g68952f1 (Mon, 7 Oct 2024 15:45:56 -0400) util-linux v2.40.2 (Thu, 4 Jul 2024 09:59:17 +0200) xfsprogs v6.10.1-91-g42523142 (Tue, 8 Oct 2024 14:31:31 +0200) xfstests v2024.10.14-11-g173cdbc07 (Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:31:29 -0400) xfstests-bld 71bcf39c (Tue, 15 Oct 2024 13:27:36 -0400) zz_build-distro bookworm The gen-image script found in the test-appliance directory of the xfstests-bld git repository, plus Debian bookworm's debootstrap, constitutes the scripts used to control the creation of these KVM images. Local changes to xfstests can be found at: https://github.com/tytso/xfstests release-2024-10-15-173cdbc07