README: describe job dependence

Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>

diff --git a/README b/README
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@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ To run osstest in standalone mode:
                              (strictly, the final `_HOST' is the
                              uppercase of the host's `ident' in the job)
 
+   However, as test-amd64-{i386,amd64}-xl and other tests depends on
+   some runtime variables generated by build-* jobs, you can run
+   build-* jobs before running actual test jobs. If you don't want to do
+   so you need to insert those missing runvars into standalone.db with
+   sqlite3.
+
  - Don't forget to set the machine to pxeboot in the BIOS.
 
  - Currently you need a serial console at 115200 8n1; see TODO.