Status of phycore_mpc5554 with latest RTEMS and RSB built tools

[Chris Johns]

On 17/02/2014 10:44 am, Peter Dufault wrote:
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> - Is the serial port mixup output expected?  I understand if it is, but if it's unexpected I'd like to fix it.

No it is not expected. I wonder if it is a printk, printf with polled 
and interrupt driven IO and something not correct.

> - Are these "SPXX" tests run on a regular basis so I can see the status of other platforms?  I looked at what's linked to from "coverage results" on the RTEMS main page hoping to find the latest runs but those tests haven't been run in a while - December 2012 for PowerPC.  Are the tests in the "sptests" directory run regularly, and are the results posted on-line?

The tests are run regularly on other BSPs and currently the only 
published results I know of is from a recent Zynq SMP run I did [1]. 
There is no formal regular results published and this is a short coming 
I am working to address this. I have pushed into the rtems-tools.git 
repo [2] an RTEMS Tester command called rtems-test. It is a work in 
progress and consists of a Python based framework and configuration 
scripts. I have integrated simulation (gdb and qemu) and gdb driven 
testing with reporting and in time I will provide a way to post standard 
test results to the rtems-toolresults mailing list [3]. The results 
posting will always be optional because of SMTP/spam issues so users 
will need to opt in. The RSB currently supports the posting of tool builds.

The gdb integration is via the gdb MI interface so support is strong and 
you have control. I have the tests running on a Zynq board over JTAG 
using OpenOCD. Look for *.mc files for the supported BSPs (there is also 
an option to list them).

In time I want to add features to supporting expected failures on a 
global and per BSP basis and better checking for the output of the 
tests. Currently the failure is determined by a suitable start and end 
tag appearing. I would like to have the rtems-test command support the 
running of the gcc test suite.

The RTEMS Tools Project now contains the rtemstoolkit. This is a Python 
tool kit and comes from the RSB. When I have the time the RSB will be 
moved into the rtems-tools.git repo and refactored to use the rtemstoolkit.

Chris

[1] 
http://www.rtems.org/ftp/pub/rtems/people/chrisj/rtems-tester/logs/log_zynq_a9_qemu_smp
[2] http://git.rtems.org/rtems-tools/
[3] http://www.rtems.org/pipermail/rtems-tooltestresults/