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+/*
+ * MBox Daemon Test File
+ *
+ * Copyright 2017 IBM
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#include "mbox.h"
+#include "mboxd_msg.h"
+
+#include "test/mbox.h"
+#include "test/system.h"
+
+static const uint8_t get_mbox_info[] = {
+	0x02, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
+};
+
+static const uint8_t invalid[] = {
+	0xff, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
+};
+
+static const uint8_t response[] = {
+	0xff, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02,
+};
+
+#define MEM_SIZE	3
+#define ERASE_SIZE	1
+#define N_WINDOWS	1
+#define WINDOW_SIZE	1
+
+int invalid_uninitialised(struct mbox_context *ctx)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = mbox_command_dispatch(ctx, invalid, sizeof(invalid));
+	assert(rc == 2);
+
+	rc = mbox_cmp(ctx, response, sizeof(response));
+	assert(rc == 0);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+int invalid_initialised(struct mbox_context *ctx)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = mbox_command_dispatch(ctx, get_mbox_info, sizeof(get_mbox_info));
+	assert(rc == 1);
+
+	rc = mbox_command_dispatch(ctx, invalid, sizeof(invalid));
+	assert(rc == 2);
+
+	rc = mbox_cmp(ctx, response, sizeof(response));
+	assert(rc == 0);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	struct mbox_context *ctx;
+
+	system_set_reserved_size(MEM_SIZE);
+	system_set_mtd_sizes(MEM_SIZE, ERASE_SIZE);
+
+	ctx = mbox_create_test_context(N_WINDOWS, WINDOW_SIZE);
+
+	invalid_uninitialised(ctx);
+
+	invalid_initialised(ctx);
+
+	return 0;
+}