Re: Adding target specific tests

Elena Zannoni
2002-04-29T22:08:57Z

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

> --
> Fernando Nasser
> Red Hat Canada Ltd. E-Mail: fnasser@redhat.com
> 2323 Yonge Street, Suite #300
> Toronto, Ontario M4P 2C9