Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] hw/misc: Add npcm7xx random number generator

[Peter Maydell]

On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 at 22:06, Havard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@google.com> wrote:
>
> The RNG module returns a byte of randomness when the Data Valid bit is
> set.
>
> This implementation ignores the prescaler setting, and loads a new value
> into RNGD every time RNGCS is read while the RNG is enabled and random
> data is available.
>
> A qtest featuring some simple randomness tests is included.

> +int main(int argc, char **argv)
> +{
> +    int ret;
> +
> +    g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
> +    g_test_set_nonfatal_assertions();

While I was looking at this test case I noticed that it
calls g_test_set_nonfatal_assertions(). Why does it do that?
In our entire set of tests, only the npcm7xx test cases call
that function, and they don't explain why they're a special
case that needs to do so.

thanks
-- PMM