ktest: Add NO_INSTALL option to not install for a test

There's cases where running the same kernel over and over again
is useful, and being able to not install the same kernel can
save time between tests.

Add a NO_INSTALL option that tells ktest.pl to not install the
new kernel.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
index eadca3eb6f5a..b3e0dc11fc8a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
@@ -294,6 +294,13 @@
 # or on some systems:
 #POST_INSTALL = ssh user@target /sbin/dracut -f /boot/initramfs-test.img $KERNEL_VERSION
 
+# If for some reason you just want to boot the kernel and you do not
+# want the test to install anything new. For example, you may just want
+# to boot test the same kernel over and over and do not want to go through
+# the hassle of installing anything, you can set this option to 1
+# (default 0)
+#NO_INSTALL = 1
+
 # If there is a script that you require to run before the build is done
 # you can specify it with PRE_BUILD.
 #