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Embench: QR encoding

Compiled workload catalogue · Execution contract

Purpose

Encode the fixed mageec.com URL into a QR-code representation.

Setup

Property Value
Source workload qrduino
Pinned source src/qrduino/qrtest.c
Revision Embench 1.0, commit 0466a18e4f6b47e19598d7c6ba72916d54b68f65
Build selection bash tools/rv32i-benchmarks/build-embench.sh qrduino
Resulting image build/rv32i-embench/artifacts/qrduino/qrduino.elf
Completion Upstream verifier, main return, then committed tohost verdict

These are the upstream fixed inputs and repetition rules, not the native generator's size/iterations options. This page documents source behavior; a successful build or full current-core run is not claimed. See port limitations.

Implementation

Initialize the allocator and error-correction/frame state, copy the fixed input into the encoder buffer, encode it, and free temporary structures.

Expected result

Compare the saved 22-byte reference result and check allocator bounds as specified by the upstream verifier.

The shared upstream main converts verifier failure into a nonzero return. The CircuitSim startup bridge publishes tohost=1 on success or 3 on failure. A checked instruction prefix cannot establish this final result.

Measurement and running

Byte/bit operations, error-correction arithmetic, and frame construction. The fixed URL and parameters are part of this case's contract.

Build this source explicitly, inspect its ELF size/instruction requirements, then follow the bounded prefix and campaign procedure. Full-run timing includes startup, warmup, benchmark body, verifier, and verdict unless a separate valid measurement window is selected.

Source and tests

The pinned upstream source contains the benchmark body and verifier. Other files in that source directory may provide helper implementations. Local port files are under tools/rv32i-benchmarks/embench/.

The ordinary repository regression suite tests the ELF loader/runner using small fixtures; it does not download and run this workload automatically. Keep its external verifier result, runner/oracle result, and any structural/behavioral comparison as separate recorded checks.