Re: Adding target specific tests

[Elena Zannoni <ezannoni@redhat.com>]

Fernando Nasser writes:
 > Stan Shebs wrote:
 > > 
 > > Elena Zannoni wrote:
 > > >
 > > > I am about to add 2 new testfiles to the gdb testsuite. Both are
 > > > specific to Altivec. One is a generic test for the ABI (function calls
 > > > and return values), the other deals with the AltiVec registers.
 > > >
 > > > Where should I put them?
 > > 
 > > I would suggest a gdb.arch or gdb.target for random target
 > > specific tests, and put the altivec tests directly in it,
 > > unless you anticipate scores or hundreds of altivec test
 > > files a la gdb.hp.
 > > 
 > 
 > That is not a bad idea.  I liked the gdb.altivec one because 
 > we could configure or not that directory, but we can perhaps do
 > the same with the files in a gdb.target (or gdb.arch) directory.

The altivec tests are enabled only for the altivec triplets.

 > 
 > I would like to configure them out to avoid lots of 
 > UNSUPPORTED tests.  I would add a guard (testing for the 
 > right target) anyway.
 > 

Yes, that's what I did.

 > P.S.: Question: how would the GDB testsuite handle multiarched
 > targets?  We will need to "set arch" to one architecture, run
 > the tests, set arch to another, re-run the tests (all?).
 > I guess our tests for target will have to stop being on a
 > configuration triplet and start using a gdb command to set
 > the arch and confirm that it is available).  All the 
 > xfail/kfail mechanism would have to change as well...
 > 

Good question. I wonder if we could use something analogous to the
site.exp management of multilibs. 

Elena


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