[mc1322x] Testing code on Contiki

[Oleksiy Yakimovych]

Thank you very much Mariano!

Regarding the Contiki testing I see it too: almost everything has to  
be tested manually.
I think at least basic functional testing could be done with simple  
scripts (Perl or Python).
Not sure if it possible to get Contiki developers help here.
I'm new to Contiki. I have some experience but again nothing I can do  
until I get the hardware. Hope to get it soon.
And I agree it is not good to release a broken code for any platforms  
but I'm sure nothing you can do until you get some automated testing  
done during a release process.
I'll take a close look at mc1322x-tests to get an idea.

Regards,
Oleksiy

On Aug 26, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Mariano Alvira wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:42:29AM -0700, Oleksiy Yakimovych wrote:
>> Hi Mariano,
>>
>> Thank you for your time.
>> I don't want to promise but probably in one month I will be able to  
>> do
>> some testing of mc1322x platform too.
>> I'll follow you reply below.
>> Not sure what implementation I'm going to use, maybe both:  
>> Freescale and
>> RedBee. Freescale is kind of expensive one. Do you know any other
>> implementations of mc1322x?
>
> There is also the CEL modules:
>
>   http://www.cel.com/link/FS/fsp.html
>
> They have a PA.
>
> And modules from Embit's EMB-Z1322 line:
>
>   http://www.embit.it/
>
> with and without PA.
>
>>
>> It would be good to have some kind of testing plan. At least to  
>> describe
>> what was tested already and how and what needs to be tested.
>
> The basic plan is to have demonstration code for all of the mc13224v
> functions as part of mc1322x-tests. These are small, stand-alone,
> "anything goes to make it work" type of programs. It's certianly ok to
> refine them a little to make them more useful such romimg.c and
> flasher.c.
>
> As for Contiki, I'm pretty new to that code myself. Adam seems fairly
> convinced that if example-mesh and example-collect work then the rest
> of RIME should be working as well. As far as I know, contiki doesn't
> have a standard testing suite so it can be a little difficult to
> verify that your platform is working as it should. Then again, there
> are also a lot of broken platforms in the main contiki base --- I'd
> like the mc1322x ones to not join that group! Really, the best plan
> would be to attract an expert and active Contiki developer over.
>
> Also mc1322x-load.pl is far from a perfect program. Something better
> would be great.
>
> -Mar.
>