Re: [hatari-devel] Automated testing of Atari software with Hatari - Some tips

[Eero Tamminen <oak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On 3/9/19 11:04 AM, Christian Zietz wrote:
> Eero Tamminen schrieb:
>
> > I forgot to mention that one more option besides midi/serial/printer,
> > is using NatFeats STDERR:
> > https://git.tuxfamily.org/hatari/hatari.git/tree/tests/natfeats/natfeats.c#n47
> >
> > That would work with Aranym too, but requires on Hatari
> > "--natfeats on" option.
>
> Just a small question: I assume that the "TODO: test this" in the ASM
> driver for NatFeats can be safely ignored,

I removed it.

> i.e., the code is proven to
> work? I don't want to debug the NatFeats driver but my own routines.
> <https://git.tuxfamily.org/hatari/hatari.git/tree/tests/natfeats/nf_asmg.s>

I'm pretty sure I've tested it, and some others have used it too.
If you diff it against AHCC and VBCC versions, you'll notice that
they're identical except for the syntax.

C-code and AHCC assembly is actually used in automated Hatari testing
for NatFeats (try "make test").


> > BIOS intercept is deprecated (because it provides too much control
> > for a thing running under emulation; if it wants, it could use that
> > to overwrite any file which Hatari process has write access to).
>
> It was clear to me that I must only use BIOS intercept with trustworthy
> code. In that case I see no security risk.
> Suggestion: please mention that fact that it's deprecated the in the manual.

Done:
https://git.tuxfamily.org/hatari/hatari.git/commit/?id=e1bd25306a15aeb8780ec98443de5730c40bd107


> > If you want more speed, use also:
> > 	--fastfdc on --timer-d on --sound off
>
> Thanks, I'll add that.
>
> > Did you consider just forking Hatari's tos_tester.py?
>
> Afaik, it relies on functions not provided by the Python standard
> library under Windows.

I see.  No FIFOs I guess?


> I decided it would be faster to write my own test
> rig than to figure out what needs to be changed in code that is not
> mine. Yet, tos_tester.py looks like a really feature-rich test program,
> so if someone is considering automated testing, he should definitively
> check it out.


	- Eero