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Replace out-of-date external links with references to the kernel
documentation, replacing TAP webpage for the more appropriate KTAP
documentation and the UML webpage by its documentation.

Signed-off-by: Tales Aparecida <tales.aparecida@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
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Expand Up @@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ KUnit (Kernel unit testing framework) provides a common framework for
unit tests within the Linux kernel. Using KUnit, you can define groups
of test cases called test suites. The tests either run on kernel boot
if built-in, or load as a module. KUnit automatically flags and reports
failed test cases in the kernel log. The test results appear in `TAP
(Test Anything Protocol) format <https://testanything.org/>`_. It is inspired by
JUnit, Python’s unittest.mock, and GoogleTest/GoogleMock (C++ unit testing
framework).
failed test cases in the kernel log. The test results appear in
:doc:`KTAP (Kernel - Test Anything Protocol) format</dev-tools/ktap>`.
It is inspired by JUnit, Python’s unittest.mock, and GoogleTest/GoogleMock
(C++ unit testing framework).

KUnit tests are part of the kernel, written in the C (programming)
language, and test parts of the Kernel implementation (example: a C
Expand All @@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ internal system functionality. KUnit runs in kernel space and is not
restricted to things exposed to user-space.

In addition, KUnit has kunit_tool, a script (``tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py``)
that configures the Linux kernel, runs KUnit tests under QEMU or UML (`User Mode
Linux <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/>`_), parses the test results and
that configures the Linux kernel, runs KUnit tests under QEMU or UML
(:doc:`User Mode Linux </virt/uml/user_mode_linux_howto_v2>`),
parses the test results and
displays them in a user friendly manner.

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