Tagged memory tests

The original Rocket chip repository provides a thorough test suite for the RISC-V ISA (riscv-tools/riscv-tests/isa). All tests are written in assembly.

A new test case is provided in riscv-tools/riscv-tests/isa/rv64si/ltag.S

More complicated tests can be found in riscv-tools/lowrisc-tag-tests/tests:

• tag_ld_st.cc - Verifies a long sequence of random tag writes
• parity.cc - Random data is allocated on the heap. All the tag bits are then set by generating a number of different parity bits. Finally, all data is read back together with the corresponding tag bits and the parity bits are validated.

Running the tests

The tests can be run using the proxy kernel or within RISC-V Linux. You can generate the proxy kernel executables using the Makefile included (simple type make) or make linux to generate binaries for RISC-V Linux.

The detailed steps necessary to run the tests in simulation or on the FPGA are described in the subsequent sections of the tutorial.