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+# Unit Test Code Coverage
+
+Code coverage for the coreboot unit tests allows us to see what lines of
+code in the coreboot library are covered by unit tests, and allows a test
+author to see where they need to add test cases for additional coverage.
+
+Enable code coverage in your unit test build by setting the environment
+variable `COV` to 1; either `export COV=1` in your shell, or add it to your
+`make` command, e.g. `COV=1 make unit-tests`.
+
+The build output directory is either `build/tests` or `build/coverage`,
+depending on whether `COV=1` is set in the environment.
+
+All of the unit test targets are available with and without `COV=1`
+* `clean-unit-tests`
+* `build-unit-tests`
+* `run-unit-tests`
+* `unit-tests` (which is just `build-unit-tests` followed by `run-unit-tests`)
+
+There are two new `make` targets:
+* `coverage-report` generates a code coverage report from all of the
+GCOV data (`*.gcda` and `*.gcno` files) in the build directory. To view the
+coverage report, open `build/coverage/coverage_reports/index.html` in your web
+browser.
+* `clean-coverage-report` deletes just the coverage report.
+
+The `coverage-report` and `clean-coverage-report` targets automatically set
+`COV=1` if it is not already set in the environment.
+
+
+## Examples
+
+`COV=1 make unit-tests coverage-report` builds all of the unit tests with code
+coverage, runs the unit tests, and generates the code coverage report.
+
+`COV=1 make build-unit-tests` builds all of the unit tests with code coverage.
+
+`COV=1 make run-unit-tests` runs the unit tests, building them with code
+coverage if they are out-of-date.
+
+`COV=1 make coverage-report` creates the code coverage report. This
+target does not explicitly depend on the tests being built and run; it gathers
+the code coverage data from the output directory, which it assumes already
+exists.
+
+`COV=1 make tests/lib/uuid-test coverage-report` builds the uuid test
+with code coverage, runs it, and generates a code coverage report just for
+that test.
+
+As a demonstration that building with and without coverage uses different
+output directories:
+1. `make build-unit-tests` builds unit tests without code coverage into
+`build/tests`.
+2. `COV=1 make clean-unit-tests` cleans `build/coverage`
+3. `make build-unit-tests` doesn't need to build anything in `build/tests`,
+because those files weren't affected by the previous `clean-unit-tests`.