Melissa Jost has submitted this change. (
https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/65651?usp=email )
Change subject: tests: Update testing documentation
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tests: Update testing documentation
This edits the documentation regarding the usage of the --isa
tag, as this has fallen out of date in regards to the new
'ALL' isa.
Change-Id: I3b672ac2c03dd109bba458db688af05ed4135a91
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/65651
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kok...@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Bobby Bruce <bbr...@ucdavis.edu>
Maintainer: Bobby Bruce <bbr...@ucdavis.edu>
---
M TESTING.md
M tests/gem5/fixture.py
2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
Approvals:
kokoro: Regressions pass
Bobby Bruce: Looks good to me, approved; Looks good to me, approved
diff --git a/TESTING.md b/TESTING.md
index 2273e31..146aeac 100644
--- a/TESTING.md
+++ b/TESTING.md
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@
./main.py run --variant opt
```
-Or, if you want to just run X86 tests with the `gem5.opt` binary:
+Or, if you want to just run quick tests with the `gem5.opt` binary:
```shell
-./main.py run --length quick --variant opt --isa X86
+./main.py run --length quick --variant opt
```
@@ -102,6 +102,14 @@
The output is split into tag *types* (e.g., isa, variant, length) and the
tags for each type are listed after the type name.
+Note that when using the isa tag type, tests were traditionally sorted
based
+on what compilation it required. However, as tests have switched to all be
+compiled under the ALL compilation, which includes all ISAs so one doesn't
+need to compile each one individually, using the isa tag for ISAs other
than
+ALL has become a less optimal way of searching for tests. It would instead
+be better to run subsets of tests based on their directories, as described
+above.
+
You can specify "or" between tags within the same type by using the tag
flag
multiple times. For instance, to run everything that is tagged "opt"
or "fast"
use
@@ -112,10 +120,10 @@
You can also specify "and" between different types of tags by specifying
more
than one type on the command line. For instance, this will only run tests
with
-both the "X86" and "opt" tags.
+both the "ALL" and "opt" tags.
```shell
-./main.py run --isa X86 --variant opt
+./main.py run --isa All --variant opt
```
## Running tests in batch
diff --git a/tests/gem5/fixture.py b/tests/gem5/fixture.py
index c8bc79f..6f5dd61 100644
--- a/tests/gem5/fixture.py
+++ b/tests/gem5/fixture.py
@@ -174,8 +174,7 @@
)
log.test_log.message("%s" % (", ".join(self.targets)))
log.test_log.message(
- "You may want to run with only a single ISA"
- "(--isa=), use --skip-build, or use 'rerun'."
+ "You may want to use --skip-build, or use 'rerun'."
)
command.extend(self.targets)
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