sw/device/tests/index.md

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title: "Chip-Level Tests"
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# Overview

This subtree contains three types of chip-level tests that are capable of running across all OpenTitan verification targets, using the [on-device test framework]({{< relref "sw/device/lib/testing/test_framework/index.md" >}}).
These targets include: DV simulation, Verilator simulation, FPGA, and eventually silicon.

# Test Types
- **Chip-level Tests** - A collection of software level tests that run on OpenTitan hardware, whose main purpose is pre-silicon verification and post-silicon bringup.
These tests consist of: smoke, IP integration, and system-level tests.
While most of these tests are top-level agnostic, some are not.
  - **Smoke Tests** - A software level test, written in C using DIFs, that performs a minimal set of operations on a given IP block to verify that it is alive and functioning.
  - **IP Integration Tests** - A software level test, written in C, that exercises some specific functionality specific to a given IP and toplevel.
  - **System-level Scenario Test** - A software level test, written in C, that mimics complex system level use case scenarios.
  Such a test is designed to encompass multiple pieces of functionality tested by the IP integration tests.

# Organization and Style Guide

## File Naming Conventions
*   Smoke tests: **{IP name}\_smoketest.c**
*   IP Integration tests: **{IP name}[\_{feature}]\_test.c**
*   System-level tests: **{use case}\_systemtest.c**

## Subfoldering Rules
*   Smoke tests will be placed in (one per IP): 
    *   (generic) **sw/device/tests/**
    *   (earlgrey-specific) **sw/device/tests/earlgrey/**
    *   ({toplevel}-specific) **sw/device/tests/{toplevel}/**
*   IP Integration tests will be placed in the same folders as above.
*   System-level tests will be placed in the same folders as above.
*   IP Integration Test data (some tests, e.g. OTBN, load data files): **sw/device/tests/{IP}\_data/**
*   Target-specific tests will be subfoldered by target (see below).

### Subfoldering Target-Specific Tests
Ideally all smoke, IP integration, and system-level tests should be target agnostic.
However, some tests require emulation of host capabilities, such as an external SPI or I2C host, an external host to encrypt/decrypt data, or an external host that toggles GPIO pins.
Eventually, host-side test initiation tools and the [on-device test framework]({{< relref "sw/device/lib/testing/test_framework/index.md" >}}) will make host emulation opaque to each chip-level test.
However, util then, host emulation depends on the target (e.g., DV vs. Verilator simulation).
Therefore, chip-level tests that require external stimulation from the host, will be subfoldered by target, under the appropriate toplevel folder above.
One example of such a test is the [`sw/device/tests/sim_dv/gpio_test.c`](https://github.com/lowRISC/opentitan/blob/master/sw/device/tests/sim_dv/gpio_test.c), which is subfoldered under `../sim_dv/` to indicate it is a target-specific test.

# Writing a Chip-Level Test
For instructions on how to write a chip-level test, refer to the [on-device test framework]({{< relref "sw/device/lib/testing/test_framework/index.md" >}}) page.

# List of Tests

## Smoke

TBD

## IP Integration
{{< incGenFromIpDesc "/hw/top_earlgrey/data/chip_testplan.hjson" "testplan" >}}

## System-Level (Use Case)

TBD