+ircu Test Framework
+===================
+
+This directory contains a simple test driver for ircu, supporting
+files, and test scripts. test-driver.pl requires the POE and
+POE::Component::IRC modules for Perl; they are available from CPAN.
+
+The test scripts assume that an instance of ircu has been started
+using the ircd.conf file in this directory (e.g. by running
+"../ircd/ircd -f `pwd`/ircd.conf"), and that IPv4 support is enabled
+on the system.
+
+The test-driver.pl script accepts several command-line options:
+
+ -D enables POE::Component::IRC debugging output
+ -V enables test-driver.pl debugging output
+ -Hipaddr sets the IPv4 address to use for connections to the server
+ one or more script names to interpret and execute
+
+The normal output is one dot for each line that is executed. Using
+the -D and -V options generates much more output.