docs: clarify fakemachine runtime environment#308
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Clarify that fakemachine creates a VM using the current root filesystem rather than constructing a separate one. This may be the host root filesystem or, when fakemachine is run inside a container, the container root filesystem. Closes: #303 Signed-off-by: Christopher Obbard <christopher.obbard@linaro.org>
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@obbardc sorry it took me a minute. This all reads clearly to me now. No notes! :) |
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Clarify what is meant by creating a VM from the "currently running system". The phrase refers to the environment fakemachine is invoked from: this may be a host system, container or CI runner.
Expand the README to describe that fakemachine is mainly used by debos to execute actions inside a VM derived from the current runtime environment. Also clarify that container usage is common but not required and that KVM is optional for acceleration rather than a hard dependency.
Closes: #303