> On May 5, 2016, 8:20 p.m., Joel Hestness wrote:
> > Thanks for the updates. LGTM.
> > 
> > If you're willing, I still think it would be good to add comments about 
> > what might need to be changed in these files in order to add new tests.

Will do. The way the configuration files are added isn't exactly obvious.


- Andreas


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On May 3, 2016, 6:44 p.m., Andreas Sandberg wrote:
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> (Updated May 3, 2016, 6:44 p.m.)
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> 
> Review request for Default.
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> 
> Repository: gem5
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> 
> Description
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> 
> Changeset 11472:23a195434229
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> tests: Add test infrastructure as a Python module
> 
> Implement gem5's test infrastructure as a Python module and a run
> script that can be used without scons. The new implementation has
> several features that were lacking from the previous test
> infrastructure such as support for multiple output formats, automatic
> runtime tracking, and better support for being run in a cluster
> environment.
> 
> Tests consist of one or more steps (TestUnit). Units are run in two
> stages, the first a run stage and then a verify stage. Units in the
> verify stage are automatically skipped if any unit run stage wasn't
> run. The library currently contains TestUnit implementations that run
> gem5, diff stat files, and diff output files.
> 
> Existing tests are implemented by the ClassicTest class and "just
> work". New tests can that don't rely on the old "run gem5 once and
> diff output" strategy can be implemented by subclassing the Test base
> class or ClassicTest.
> 
> Test results can be output in multiple formats. The module currently
> supports JUnit, text (short and verbose), and Python's pickle
> format. JUnit output allows CI systems to automatically get more
> information about test failures. The pickled output contains all state
> necessary to reconstruct a tests results object and is mainly intended
> for the build system and CI systems.
> 
> Since many JUnit parsers parsers assume that test suite names look
> like Java package names. We currently output path-like names with
> slashes separating components. Test names are translated according to
> these rules:
> 
>   * '.' -> '-"
>   * '/' -> '.'
> 
> The test tool, tests.py, supports the following features:
> 
>   * Test listing. Example: ./tests.py list arm/quick
> 
>   * Running tests. Example:
>     ./tests.py run -o output.pickle --format pickle \
>         ../build/ARM/gem5.opt \
>         quick/se/00.hello/arm/linux/simple-timing
> 
>   * Displaying pickled results. Example:
>     ./tests.py show --format summary *.pickle
> 
> Change-Id: I527164bd791237aacfc65e7d7c0b67b695c5d17c
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Curtis Dunham <[email protected]>
> 
> 
> Diffs
> -----
> 
>   tests/testing/__init__.py PRE-CREATION 
>   tests/testing/helpers.py PRE-CREATION 
>   tests/testing/results.py PRE-CREATION 
>   tests/testing/tests.py PRE-CREATION 
>   tests/testing/units.py PRE-CREATION 
>   tests/tests.py PRE-CREATION 
> 
> Diff: http://reviews.gem5.org/r/3461/diff/
> 
> 
> Testing
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> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andreas Sandberg
> 
>

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