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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 <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Curtis Dunham <curtis.dunham@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Joel Hestness <jthestness@gmail.com> |
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This is the gem5 simulator. The main website can be found at http://www.gem5.org A good starting point is http://www.gem5.org/Introduction, and for more information about building the simulator and getting started please see http://www.gem5.org/Documentation and http://www.gem5.org/Tutorials. To build gem5, you will need the following software: g++ or clang, Python (gem5 links in the Python interpreter), SCons, SWIG, zlib, m4, and lastly protobuf if you want trace capture and playback support. Please see http://www.gem5.org/Dependencies for more details concerning the minimum versions of the aforementioned tools. Once you have all dependencies resolved, type 'scons build/<ARCH>/gem5.opt' where ARCH is one of ALPHA, ARM, NULL, MIPS, POWER, SPARC, or X86. This will build an optimized version of the gem5 binary (gem5.opt) for the the specified architecture. See http://www.gem5.org/Build_System for more details and options. With the simulator built, have a look at http://www.gem5.org/Running_gem5 for more information on how to use gem5. The basic source release includes these subdirectories: - configs: example simulation configuration scripts - ext: less-common external packages needed to build gem5 - src: source code of the gem5 simulator - system: source for some optional system software for simulated systems - tests: regression tests - util: useful utility programs and files To run full-system simulations, you will need compiled system firmware (console and PALcode for Alpha), kernel binaries and one or more disk images. Please see the gem5 download page for these items at http://www.gem5.org/Download If you have questions, please send mail to gem5-users@gem5.org Enjoy using gem5 and please share your modifications and extensions.