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diff --git a/contrib/HOWTO.testbench b/contrib/HOWTO.testbench new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3be00d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/HOWTO.testbench @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ + +"testbenches" are helpful wrappers which exersize a piece of code. they should +live in ./tb/, end in "_tb.v" or "_tb.vhd", and have a signal file (ending in +"_tb.wcfg") associated with the same name. update the 'tbfiles' list in +Makefile. invoke the isim GUI with "make isim/name_tb" (for tb/name_tb.v). if +you make a source code change and don't want to reload the whole GUI, you can +do "make resim/name_tb" and then click the "Re-load" button. + +testbenches which can act as headless unit tests (reporting pass/fail by +printing to stdout) should be added to the 'alltests' list in Makefile. run the +test with 'make test/name_tb'; run all tests with 'make tests'. + |