Kernel test

[Siddh Raman Pant]

On Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:42:25 +0530, David Lishchyshen wrote:
> How you recommend to test kernel? I use Arch and found 3 ways:
> * Native run, replace existing kernel
> * Qemu with full Linux distribution, install Ubuntu in qemu and
> replace kernel in it
> * Minimal Qemu, need to create initramfs with busybox and connect to
> Qemu with your kernel, but I even couldn't see printk log from e1000e
> in this way

Option 3 is the best way since you can't keep rebooting your machine
when you reproduce crashes.

I did a writeup about it, it might help you. Take a look here:
https://bodha.siddh.me/posts/2023/10/14/kernel_qemu_setup/

Thanks,
Siddh