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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2019, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+
+# Decode test description and extract TF build configuration, run configuration,
+# test group etc.
+#
+# See gen_test_desc.py
+
+set -e
+
+ci_root="$(readlink -f "$(dirname "$0")/..")"
+source "$ci_root/utils.sh"
+
+test_desc="${test_desc:-$TEST_DESC}"
+test_desc="${test_desc:?}"
+
+# Strip test suffix
+test_desc="${test_desc%%.test}"
+
+lhs="$(echo "$test_desc" | awk -F: '{print $1}')"
+rhs="$(echo "$test_desc" | awk -F: '{print $2}')"
+
+test_group="$(echo "$lhs" | awk -F% '{print $2}')"
+build_config="$(echo "$lhs" | awk -F% '{print $3}')"
+run_config="${rhs%.test}"
+test_config="$(cat $workspace/TEST_DESC)"
+
+env_file="$workspace/env"
+rm -f "$env_file"
+
+emit_env "BUILD_CONFIG" "$build_config"
+emit_env "RUN_CONFIG" "$run_config"
+emit_env "TEST_CONFIG" "$test_config"
+emit_env "TEST_GROUP" "$test_group"
+
+# Default binary mode. This would usually come from the build package for FVP
+# runs, but is provided for LAVA jobs.
+emit_env "BIN_MODE" "release"