Re: [Qemu-devel] [ARM] Contributing tests for Neon

["Edgar E. Iglesias" <edgar.iglesias@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:25:05PM +0000, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 21 January 2011 10:07, Christophe Lyon <christophe.lyon@st.com> wrote:
> > I have developed some tests for ARM-Neon in the form of C sources files
> > calling ARM Neon intrinsics, and comparing the results of the resulting
> > program with a known reference (eg execution on actual CPU) shows
> > if the execution engine is follows the spec.
> >
> > These tests currently represent 750KB of sources (150 files, 12000 lines),
> 
> That's a larger and more comprehensive test suite than I was
> expecting :-)  (which is fantastic)
> 
> > I have a few questions on how to proceed:
> > - we wish to release the files under the MIT license, is it OK to deliver
> > them as-is in the 'tests' qemu subdir?
> > - given the size of the whole stuff, I don't think it's suitable that I
> > send it on the list for review, what should I do?
> 
> How about you make it available somewhere (tarball via http, git
> repository on gitorious, or other method of your choice) for the
> moment? Then we can take a look at it and proceed from there.

I agree, this is a good first step. If possible, its good if you
can publish source and binaries so people with the appropriate
tools can rebuild the tests. Also, when possible, binaries with
debug info can be helpful when analyzing test failures.

Cheers