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diff --git a/docs/TestingGuide.html b/docs/TestingGuide.html index 09d08c3356..409223184b 100644 --- a/docs/TestingGuide.html +++ b/docs/TestingGuide.html @@ -216,19 +216,27 @@ module.</p> subtrees of the test suite directory tree are as follows:</p> <ul> -<li><tt>llvm/test/Features</tt> -<p>This directory contains sample codes that test various features of the -LLVM language. These pieces of sample code are run through various -assembler, disassembler, and optimizer passes.</p> -</li> - -<li><tt>llvm/test/Regression</tt> -<p>This directory contains regression tests for LLVM. When a bug is found -in LLVM, a regression test containing just enough code to reproduce the -problem should be written and placed somewhere underneath this directory. -In most cases, this will be a small piece of LLVM assembly language code, -often distilled from an actual application or benchmark.</p> -</li> + <li><tt>llvm/test</tt> + <p>This directory contains a large array of small tests + that exercise various features of LLVM and to ensure that regressions do not + occur. The directory is broken into several sub-directories, each focused on + a particular area of LLVM. A few of the important ones are:<ul> + <li><tt>Analysis</tt>: checks Analysis passes.</li> + <li><tt>Archive</tt>: checks the Archive library.</li> + <li><tt>Assembler</tt>: checks Assembly reader/writer functionality.</li> + <li><tt>Bytecode</tt>: checks Bytecode reader/writer functionality.</li> + <li><tt>CodeGen</tt>: checks code generation and each target.</li> + <li><tt>Features</tt>: checks various features of the LLVM language.</li> + <li><tt>Linker</tt>: tests bytecode linking.</li> + <li><tt>Transforms</tt>: tests each of the scalar, IPO, and utility + transforms to ensure they make the right transformations.</li> + <li><tt>Verifier</tt>: tests the IR verifier.</li> + </ul></p> + <p>Typically when a bug is found in LLVM, a regression test containing + just enough code to reproduce the problem should be written and placed + somewhere underneath this directory. In most cases, this will be a small + piece of LLVM assembly language code, often distilled from an actual + application or benchmark.</p></li> <li><tt>llvm-test</tt> <p>The <tt>llvm-test</tt> CVS module contains programs that can be compiled |