Re: [PATCH v5 18/22] tests/tcg/aarch64: add a gdbstub testcase for SVE registers

[Alex Bennée]

Richard Henderson <address@hidden> writes:

> On 1/14/20 5:09 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
>> A very simple test case which sets and reads SVE registers while
>> running a test case. We don't really need to compile a SVE binary for
>> this case but we will later so keep it simple for now.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <address@hidden>
>> 
>> ---
>> v5
>>   - properly plumb in
>>   - skip if fails to connect
>> ---
>>  tests/.gitignore                      |  1 +
>>  tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.target     | 15 +++++
>>  tests/tcg/aarch64/gdbstub/test-sve.py | 81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  3 files changed, 97 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 tests/tcg/aarch64/gdbstub/test-sve.py
>
> I don't understand how this is working.  What's the process that provides the
> container for the register state?
>
> I would have expected *some* binary to be used, even if it is only "int main()
> { return 0; }".

It is, it's using the sysregs test:

  --bin $<
  
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> r~


-- 
Alex Bennée