MIPS Tester

MIPS Tester is a simple class that provides the ability to mass test MIPS assemblies. It relies on MARS (it's ugly I know, but SPIM's cli doesn't work with automated inputs).

Installation & Prerequisites

  • Install MIPS Tester:

    $> gem install mips_tester

  • Install the Java Runtime

  • Download MARS Put it somewhere handy, the path will be requested at runtime!

Getting Started: Test an empty program

$> touch test.asm
$> irb
$irb :001> require 'mips_tester'
$irb :002> tester = MIPSTester::MIPS.new :mars_path => "/Applications/MARS_4_1.jar"
$irb :003> tester.test "test.asm" do
$irb :004>      set :s0 => 0x01
$irb :005>      set '0x10010004' => 45
$irb :006>      expect :s0 => 0x01, :s1 => 0x45
$irb :007>      verbose! # Optional verbosity!
$irb :008> end
    => true

Compatibility

Tested on

  • ruby-1.9.2-p180
  • ruby-1.8.7-p330
  • rbx-head 1.2.4dev