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<p>and the new <code>pr_info</code> message should now show on the terminal at the end of the boot.</p>
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<p>If you are simultaneously developing the test script and the kernel module, some smart test scripts should take the kernel module as first argument so you can directly run:</p>
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<pre>/mnt/9p/rootfs_overlay/lkmc/scull.sh /mnt/9p/out_rootfs_overlay/lkmc/scull.ko</pre>
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<p>and it will pick up both the test script and the kernel module from host.</p>
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<p>This works because we have a <a href="9p.html">9P</a> mount there setup by default, which mounts the host directory that contains the build outputs on the guest:</p>
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<p>Such failures are however unlikely, and you should be fine if you don&#8217;t see anything weird happening.</p>
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<p>The safe way, is to fist <a href="rebuild-buildroot-while-running.html">quit QEMU</a>, rebuild the modules, put them in the root filesystem, and then reboot:</p>
<p>The safe way is to fist <a href="rebuild-buildroot-while-running.html">quit QEMU</a>, rebuild the modules put them somewhere QEMU can see and then reboot. So you could either place it in the root filesystem:</p>
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<p><code>./build-buildroot</code> is required after <code>./build-modules</code> because it re-generates the root filesystem with the modules that we compiled at <code>./build-modules</code>.</p>
<p>where <code>./build-buildroot</code> is required after <code>./build-modules</code> because it re-generates the root filesystem with the modules that we compiled at <code>./build-modules</code>.</p>
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<p>Alternatively, for a slightly faster turnaround just leave it on 9p and use it from there:</p>
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<p>You can see that <code>./build</code> does that as well, by running:</p>
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