This repository hosts unit tests generator for the RISC-V vector extension.

The Spike simulator is known as the RISC-V gold standard simulator, and although we don't know how Spike is tested, it does fully support the V extension. So we added a custom special instruction to Spike, and for any test, let it automatically generate a reference result for that test. This way, we generate tests for all instructions almost automatically. Under this framework, all we have to do is write a simple config file for each instruction.

1. riscv64-unknown-elf-gcc with RVV 1.0 support
2. The Spike simulator
3. Golang 1.19+
4. riscv-pk if you need to generate user-mode binaries

For starters, you can directly download the pre-generated tests from Github Action Artifacts.

make -j$(nproc)

If you have problems compiling, please refer to the build steps in build-and-test.yml.

After make, you will find all the generated tests in out/v[vlen]x[xlen][mode]/bin/stage2/.

Options:

• VLEN, default is 256
• XLEN, default is 64, we do not support specifying ELEN yet, ELEN is consistent with XLEN
• MODE, default is machine, can be machine, virtual or user
• INTEGER, default is 0, set to 1 if you don't want float tests (i.e. for Zve32x or Zve64x)
• PATTERN, default is .*, set to a valid regex to generate the tests of your interests (e.g. PATTERN='^v[ls].+\.v$' to generate load/store tests)
• TESTFLOAT3LEVEL, default is 2, must be one of 1 or 2, testing level for testfloat3 generated cases.
• TEST_MODE, default is self, set to cosim if you want to generate faster tests without self-verification (to be used with co-simulators).
• REPEAT, default is 1, set to greater value to repeat the same V instruction n times for a better coverage (only valid for float instructions).

For example, to generate isa=rv32gcv varch=vlen:128,elen:32 mode=machine tests, use make -e VLEN=128 XLEN=32 MODE=machine -j$(nproc).

Note: single/single.go generates tests directly from stage 1, suitable for targets with co-simulators (or simply use TEST_MODE=cosim if you're lazy).

This repository also provides a nix derivation with the following output provided:

• ${riscv-vector-test}/bin/*: Generator binaries
• ${riscv-vector-test}/include/*: Necessary headers for runtime usage
• ${riscv-vector-test}/configs/*: Necessary runtime configs

• Add tests for sub-extensions (e.g. Zvamo, Zvfh)
• Support Zve64f and Zve32d
• Tail/mask agnostic support
• Fault-only-first tests

This project uses third-party projects, and the licenses of these projects are attached to the corresponding directories.

The code for this project is distributed under the MIT license.

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