Device test data reuse for device simulation

• US 8,423,849 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2009
• Issued: 04/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Qin, Zhihong, Kelley, Brian H., Moorthy, Mahesh
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): ORTIZ, DERIC OMAR
• Application Number:
  US12/380,193
• Publication Number:
  US 20100217578A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,511 Days
• Field of Search: 717/135
• US Class Current: 714/741
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3696 Methods or tools to render software testable

Abstract

A method and system reuse data logs generated from testing of programmable devices in order to provide an input file of parameter values and settings for use in automatically configuring a device simulator. The programmable device testing process generates a data log output with data formatted so that parameter data are associated with unique variable labels. The data log output file is processed in a parser operation that filters out private and unnecessary information, organizes the data and generates a simulation input file in a format compatible with the simulator. The process can be fully automated.

Claims

1. A method for generating a simulation input file for automatically configuring a device simulator from a device test data log file produced during testing of an operating system (OS) on actual device hardware, comprising:

receiving device test data from the device test data log file comprising raw log data stored in a predefined format;

parsing the device test data to identify parameter name-value pairs;

organizing the parameter name-value pairs into a structure compatible with device simulator input requirements;

setting data field types to match input fields required by the device simulator;

generating an executable file to be read by the device simulator; and

storing the executable file as a simulator input file.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the executable file further comprises removing private and unnecessary information.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising inputting the simulator input file into a simulator shell program operating on a computer.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the device test data log file so as to include parameter name-value pairs when performing testing operations on actual device hardware.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the executable file is generated in XML file format.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the operations of receiving device test data and generating the executable file are accomplished automatically.

7. A computer, comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor,

wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations for generating a simulation input file for automatically configuring a device simulator from a device test data log file produced during testing of an operating system (OS) on actual device hardware, comprising;

receiving device test data from the device test data log file comprising raw log data stored in a predefined format;

parsing the device test data to identify parameter name-value pairs;

organizing the parameter name-value pairs into a structure compatible with simulation input requirements;

setting data field types to match input fields required by the simulation;

generating an executable file to be read by a simulator; and

storing the executable file as a simulator input file for the simulation.

8. The computer of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations such that the operation of generating the executable file further comprises removing private and unnecessary information.

9. The computer of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform further operations comprising inputting the simulator input file into a simulator shell program operating on the computer or another computer connected thereto.

10. The computer of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations such that the executable file is generated in XML file format.

11. The computer of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations such that all steps are accomplished automatically.

12. A computer for generating a simulation input file for automatically configuring a device simulator from a device test data log file produced during testing of an operating system (OS) on actual device hardware, comprising:

means for receiving device test data from the device test data log file comprising raw log data stored in a predefined format;

means for parsing the device test data to identify parameter name-value pairs;

means for organizing the parameter name-value pairs into a structure compatible with simulation input requirements;

means for setting data field types to match input fields required by the simulation;

means for generating an executable file to be read by a simulator; and

means for storing the executable file as a simulator input file for the simulation.

13. The computer of claim 12, wherein means for generating the executable file further comprises means for removing private and unnecessary information.

14. The computer of claim 12, further comprising means for inputting the simulator input file into a simulator shell program operating on a computer.

15. The computer of claim 12, further comprising means for generating the executable file in XML file format.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor of a computer to perform operations for generating a simulation input file for automatically configuring a device simulator from a device test data log file produced during testing of an operating system (OS) on actual device hardware, the operations comprising:

receiving device test data from the device test data log file comprising raw log data stored in a predefined format;

parsing the device test data to identify parameter name-value pairs;

organizing the parameter name-value pairs into a structure compatible with simulation input requirements;

setting data field types to match input fields required by the simulation;

generating an executable file to be read by a simulator; and

storing the executable file as a simulator input file for the simulation.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a computer to perform operations further comprising removing private and unnecessary information from the executable file.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a computer to perform operations further comprising inputting the simulator input file into a simulator shell program operating on a computer.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a computer to perform operations further comprising generating the executable file in XML file format.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a computer to perform the operations automatically.