Re: "make check-acceptance" takes way too long

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

> IMHO the ideal scenario would be for us to have a kernel, initrd
> containing just busybox tools for the key arch targets we care
> about. Those could be used with direct kernel boot or stuffed
> into a disk iamge. Either way, they would boot in ~1 second,
> even with TCG, and would be able to execute simple shell scripts
> to test a decent amount of QEMU functionality.

I have some test images based on buildroot which are essentially that.
https://gitlab.com/kraxel/br-kraxel/

Still a significant download, but much smaller than a full fedora or
ubuntu cloud image and it boots much faster too.  Not down to only one
second though.

take care,
  Gerd