A reader asked where FrameIO gets its list of known frame names from —
because looking at `fio.send("ALM_Req_A", ...)` it seems like the class
must hold a registry somewhere. It doesn't: FrameIO is a broker that
forwards an incoming string to the LDF object it was constructed with,
and the string lives either in the test source (Path A) or in the
generated wrapper class (Path B).
Adds section 2 "How frame names reach FrameIO" to
docs/19_frame_io_and_alm_helpers.md, between the "Three layers of
access" overview (section 1) and the API reference (formerly section 2,
now section 3). The new section contains:
- A table of where the names actually live: LDF file on disk,
LdfDatabase after parsing, caller source code. FrameIO is explicitly
NOT in that table.
- The FrameIO class skeleton showing the empty _frames cache.
- A concrete ASCII call trace of `fio.send("ALM_Req_A", ...)` from
test source -> FrameIO -> LdfDatabase -> ldfparser -> byte layout.
- Path A (stringly-typed) vs Path B (typed wrapper from gen_lin_api),
with the trade-off (typo caught at runtime vs at import time).
- The cache lifecycle (starts empty, fills lazily, one entry per
unique frame name passed in).
- A "mental model" summary calling FrameIO a generic glue layer.
Sections 3-9 renumbered to make room (3->4, 4->5, ..., 8->9). The 7.x
sub-sections under "Writing a new test" become 8.x. Updates the
stale anchor link in 14_power_supply.md
(#72-the-four-phase-test-pattern -> #82-the-four-phase-test-pattern).
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Restructures tests/hardware/ so that fixture access is controlled by
directory layout — pytest only walks upward through conftest.py files,
so a PSU test physically cannot request fio/alm/nad.
Layout:
- tests/hardware/conftest.py (unchanged: PSU fixtures)
- tests/hardware/mum/conftest.py NEW: _require_mum (session autouse),
fio (session), nad (session),
alm (session), _reset_to_off
(function autouse)
- tests/hardware/mum/** MUM tests + swe5/ + swe6/
- tests/hardware/psu/** PSU-only tests
- tests/hardware/babylin/** deprecated BabyLIN E2E
What this removes (was duplicated before):
- 7 verbatim copies of the `fio` fixture
- 6 copies of the `alm` fixture
- 6 copies of the `_reset_to_off` autouse
- 9 inline `if config.interface.type != "mum": pytest.skip(...)` gates
What this changes by design:
- fio / alm / nad scope: module → session. NAD discovery happens once
per run instead of once per module. The helpers are immutable beyond
their constructor args, so sharing them is safe; per-test state is
reset by the autouse `_reset_to_off`.
- test_overvolt.py: `_park_at_nominal` is now `_reset_to_off`, which
cleanly overrides the conftest's LED-only version (PSU + LED reset).
- test_mum_alm_animation_generated.py keeps a local `_reset_to_off` +
`_force_off` so its "no AlmTester anywhere" demonstration is preserved
via fixture override; the local `nad` is also retained because it
uses the typed `AlmStatus.receive` API.
Docs:
- docs/24_test_wiring.md NEW — describes the three-layer fixture
topology, lifecycle sequence diagram, helper class wiring, and the
playbook for adding a new framework component.
- docs/05_architecture_overview.md: add MCF (mum conftest) node to the
Mermaid diagram + mention it in the components list.
- docs/19_frame_io_and_alm_helpers.md: replace the per-module
fixture-wiring example with a request-fixtures-by-name snippet plus
the override pattern.
- Path references swept across docs/02, docs/14, docs/18, docs/20,
docs/README to point at the new locations.
Verified: pytest --collect-only collects 93 tests with no errors;
30 unit tests and 10 mock-only smoke tests pass; fixture-per-test
output shows PSU tests cannot see fio/alm/nad.
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Documents the new layers introduced over the past several commits.
- docs/19_frame_io_and_alm_helpers.md (new): full reference for the
FrameIO and AlmTester helpers — three access levels (high/mid/low),
full API tables, fixture wiring, cookbook patterns, and §7
describing the four-phase SETUP/PROCEDURE/ASSERT/TEARDOWN test
pattern with the three template flavors plus a §7.4 link to the
PSU+LIN template.
- docs/14_power_supply.md: rewritten and expanded.
§3 cross-platform port resolution (Windows / WSL1 / WSL2 +
usbipd-win / Linux native compatibility table)
§4 auto-detection via idn_substr
§5 session-managed power: contract for tests, must-not list,
what changed in the existing tests
§6 the settle-then-validate pattern: two-delays table (PSU
bench-dependent vs ECU firmware-dependent), copy-paste
example, tuning guidance for ECU_VALIDATION_TIME_S
§6 PSU settling characterization (-m psu_settling)
§7 library API reference table + safe_off_on_close
§9 troubleshooting expanded with WSL2 usbipd-win + dialout
- docs/18_test_catalog.md: voltage-tolerance section refreshed for
the settle-then-validate shape, new "Hardware – PSU settling
(opt-in)" category, new §8 "Hardware-test infrastructure"
documenting conftest.py, frame_io.py, alm_helpers.py,
psu_helpers.py, and both templates.
- docs/05_architecture_overview.md: components list split into
framework core / hardware test layer / artifacts. Mermaid diagram
gained a Hardware-test helpers subgraph showing FrameIO,
AlmTester, rgb_to_pwm, and the templates. Data/control flow
summary describes the session-managed PSU and the helper layer.
- docs/15_report_properties_cheatsheet.md: PSU section split into
per-test (function-scoped rp) and module-scoped (testsuite
property) blocks; added psu_resolved_port, psu_resolved_idn,
psu_settled_s, validation_time_s.
- docs/README.md: links to the new doc 19.
- README.md, TESTING_FRAMEWORK_GUIDE.md: project-structure trees
expanded to show the full current layout — every file and
directory under tests/hardware/ (conftest, helpers, templates,
tests), tests/unit/, config/, docs/, scripts/, and vendor/.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
