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diff --git a/test/README.testsuite b/test/README.testsuite
index 24b98f78cd..7e3d6c0623 100644
--- a/test/README.testsuite
+++ b/test/README.testsuite
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-The extended testsuite only works with UID=0. It contains of several
-subdirectories named "test/TEST-??-*", which are run one by one.
+The extended testsuite only works with UID=0. It consists of the subdirectories
+named "test/TEST-??-*", each of which contains a description of an OS image and
+a test which consists of systemd units and scripts to execute in this image.
+The same image is used for execution under `systemd-nspawn` and `qemu`.
To run the extended testsuite do the following:
@@ -53,10 +55,10 @@ Configuration variables
=======================
TEST_NO_QEMU=1
- Don't run tests under QEMU
+ Don't run tests under qemu
TEST_QEMU_ONLY=1
- Run only tests that require QEMU
+ Run only tests that require qemu
TEST_NO_NSPAWN=1
Don't run tests under systemd-nspawn
@@ -65,8 +67,8 @@ TEST_PREFER_NSPAWN=1
Run all tests that do not require qemu under systemd-nspawn
TEST_NO_KVM=1
- Disable QEMU KVM auto-detection (may be necessary when you're trying to run the
- *vanilla* QEMU and have both qemu and qemu-kvm installed)
+ Disable qemu KVM auto-detection (may be necessary when you're trying to run the
+ *vanilla* qemu and have both qemu and qemu-kvm installed)
TEST_NESTED_KVM=1
Allow tests to run with nested KVM. By default, the testsuite disables
@@ -74,10 +76,10 @@ TEST_NESTED_KVM=1
variable disables such checks
QEMU_MEM=512M
- Configure amount of memory for QEMU VMs (defaults to 512M)
+ Configure amount of memory for qemu VMs (defaults to 512M)
QEMU_SMP=1
- Configure number of CPUs for QEMU VMs (defaults to 1)
+ Configure number of CPUs for qemu VMs (defaults to 1)
KERNEL_APPEND='...'
Append additional parameters to the kernel command line
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ NSPAWN_ARGUMENTS='...'
Specify additional arguments for systemd-nspawn
QEMU_TIMEOUT=infinity
- Set a timeout for tests under QEMU (defaults to infinity)
+ Set a timeout for tests under qemu (defaults to infinity)
NSPAWN_TIMEOUT=infinity
Set a timeout for tests under systemd-nspawn (defaults to infinity)
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ INTERACTIVE_DEBUG=1
The kernel and initramfs can be specified with $KERNEL_BIN and $INITRD.
(Fedora's or Debian's default kernel path and initramfs are used by default)
-A script will try to find your QEMU binary. If you want to specify a different
+A script will try to find your qemu binary. If you want to specify a different
one with $QEMU_BIN.
Debugging the qemu image