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Testsuite for the i860 version of the GNU assembler
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This is a simple testsuite for the i860 assembler.  It currently
consists mostly of testcases for checking that every instruction is
parsed correctly and that correct object code is generated (these
are called "blah.s").  The files called "blah-err.s" test for error
conditions.

The suite includes testcases for the base i860XR instruction set as well
as the enhanced i860XP instructions and control registers.

The expected results files were generated using the UNIX System V/i860
Release 4 vendor assembler (/usr/ccs/bin/as -V reports version
"Standard C Development Environment  (SCDE) 5.0 12/08/89").  This
way GAS/i860 is tested against a known good assembler.

TODO:
 - Relocation testing is basically non-existent.
 - pst.d (pixel store) is the only instruction with no testcase.
 - Some pseudo instructions need testcases (mov, all pfmov, etc.).
 - More tests for dual instruction mode: check that dual mode has a
   proper pair (FLOP/core) of instructions, and other error conditions.
 - Most current testcases use the default AT&T/SVR4 syntax; a few simple
   tests of the Intel syntax should be added to prevent bitrot (including
   relocatable expression syntax, etc).  Test file dual03.s uses Intel
   syntax lightly (i.e., register names without '%' prefix).

Contact me (Jason Eckhardt, jle@rice.edu) if you'd like to help.

Known testsuite failures:
  - none.
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abac126a JE	1
	2	Testsuite for the i860 version of the GNU assembler
	3	---------------------------------------------------
	4
	5	This is a simple testsuite for the i860 assembler. It currently
c83c4371 JE	6	consists mostly of testcases for checking that every instruction is
	7	parsed correctly and that correct object code is generated (these
	8	are called "blah.s"). The files called "blah-err.s" test for error
	9	conditions.
abac126a	10
c83c4371	11	The suite includes testcases for the base i860XR instruction set as well
abac126a JE	12	as the enhanced i860XP instructions and control registers.
	13
	14	The expected results files were generated using the UNIX System V/i860
	15	Release 4 vendor assembler (/usr/ccs/bin/as -V reports version
	16	"Standard C Development Environment (SCDE) 5.0 12/08/89"). This
	17	way GAS/i860 is tested against a known good assembler.
	18
	19	TODO:
	20	- Relocation testing is basically non-existent.
	21	- pst.d (pixel store) is the only instruction with no testcase.
be6389fd	22	- Some pseudo instructions need testcases (mov, all pfmov, etc.).
c83c4371 JE	23	- More tests for dual instruction mode: check that dual mode has a
	24	proper pair (FLOP/core) of instructions, and other error conditions.
	25	- Most current testcases use the default AT&T/SVR4 syntax; a few simple
	26	tests of the Intel syntax should be added to prevent bitrot (including
	27	relocatable expression syntax, etc). Test file dual03.s uses Intel
	28	syntax lightly (i.e., register names without '%' prefix).
abac126a JE	29
	30	Contact me (Jason Eckhardt, jle@rice.edu) if you'd like to help.
	31
b7cf83af	32	Known testsuite failures:
0acc96e1	33	- none.
5bf135a7	34	\f
b90efa5b	35	Copyright (C) 2012-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
c83c4371	36
5bf135a7 NC	37	Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
	38	are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
	39	notice and this notice are preserved.