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@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ are welcome. Please take a look at [the architecture](ARCHITECTURE.md) to get
a better understanding for the high-level goals.
New features must be accompanied by tests. Before starting work on any large
-feature, please [join](https://cilium.herokuapp.com/) the
-[#libbpf-go](https://cilium.slack.com/messages/libbpf-go) channel on Slack to
+feature, please [join](https://ebpf.io/slack) the
+[#ebpf-go](https://cilium.slack.com/messages/ebpf-go) channel on Slack to
discuss the design first.
When submitting pull requests, consider writing details about what problem you
@@ -18,6 +18,23 @@ reason about the proposed changes.
## Running the tests
Many of the tests require privileges to set resource limits and load eBPF code.
-The easiest way to obtain these is to run the tests with `sudo`:
+The easiest way to obtain these is to run the tests with `sudo`.
+
+To test the current package with your local kernel you can simply run:
+```
+go test -exec sudo ./...
+```
+
+To test the current package with a different kernel version you can use the [run-tests.sh](run-tests.sh) script.
+It requires [virtme](https://github.com/amluto/virtme) and qemu to be installed.
+
+Examples:
+
+```bash
+# Run all tests on a 5.4 kernel
+./run-tests.sh 5.4
+
+# Run a subset of tests:
+./run-tests.sh 5.4 go test ./link
+```
- sudo go test ./... \ No newline at end of file