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/20250309T100353Z/ ... as well as the following git repositories: blktests 236edfd (Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:56:26 +0900) fio fio-3.39 (Tue, 18 Feb 2025 08:36:57 -0700) fsverity v1.6-2-gee7d74d (Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:41:58 -0800) 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 20250130-195-ge2bbba0c1 (Fri, 11 Apr 2025 18:06:15 +0800) quota v4.05-69-g68952f1 (Mon, 7 Oct 2024 15:45:56 -0400) util-linux v2.41 (Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:50:51 +0100) xfsprogs v6.13.0-2-gf0d16c9e (Tue, 1 Apr 2025 20:23:42 -0400) xfstests v2025.03.30-11-g344015670 (Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:50:06 -0400) xfstests-bld 42bcd9aa (Wed, 9 Apr 2025 07:51:57 -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-2025-04-11-344015670