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6 Tapper - A flexible and open test infrastructure
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9 Tapper is a modular, flexible and open test infrastructure.
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11 Its only primary assumption is the ubiquitous use of the Test Anything
12 Protocol (TAP). Internally it is based on technology known from the
13 CPAN testing infrastructure, extending it with automation and advanced
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16 It allows to setup a test infrastructure, consisting of
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23 extremely lightweight APIs
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27 support for "classic" userland, OS, and virtualization testing
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30 Tapper originated in the AMD Operating System Research Center (OSRC),
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37 Most of Tapper is OS and platform independent (x86, ARM) to cover broad
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42 Tapper homepage on amd64.org <http://www.amd64.org/support/automated-
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44 Tapper libs on github <https://github.com/amd>
45 Tapper wiki on github <https://github.com/amd/Tapper/wiki>
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62 AMD OSRC Tapper Team <tapper@amd64.org>
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65 This software is Copyright (c) 2012 by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc..
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69 The (two-clause) FreeBSD License
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