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3Test Descriptions

Detailed descriptions of PPCBug’s diagnostic tests are presented in this

chapter. The test groups are described in the order shown in the following

table. Some test groups do not run on all PowerPC boards. The column

PowerPC Board lists the boards on which each group of tests will run.

Table 3-1. Diagnostic Test Groups

Test Group Description PowerPC Board

CL1283 Parallel Interface (CL1283) Tests MTX

DEC DEC21x40 Ethernet Controller Tests All

INET Intel 82559/ER Ethernet Controller Tests All

EIDE IDE/EIDE Device Tests MTX, MCP750

ISABRDGE PCI/ISA Bridge Tests All

KBD8730X PC8730x Keyboard/Mouse Tests All

L2CACHE Level 2 Cache Tests All

NCR NCR 53C8xx SCSI2 I/O

Processor Tests

All

PAR8730X Parallel Interface (PC8730x) Tests All

UART Serial Input/Output Tests All

PCIBUS PCI/PMC Generic Tests All

RAM Local RAM Tests All

RTC MK48Txx Timekeeping Tests All

SCC Serial Communication

Controller (Z85C230) Tests

All except MVME230x

VGA54XX Video Diagnostics Tests MVME360x, MVME460x

VME2 VMEchip2 VME Interface ASIC Tests None

VME3 VMEchip3 VME Interface ASIC Tests None

Z8536 Z8536 Counter/Timer Tests All except MVME230x