A method for testing firmware of a solid-state storage device to be implemented by a computing apparatus which includes a central processing unit (CPU), a main memory, and a storage that stores at least one testing criterion, the method comprising:
- providing, by one of the main memory and the storage, binary codes generated by compiling the firmware of the solid-state storage device according to an instruction set architecture of the computing apparatus;
- controlling, by the CPU, the main memory to emulate a volatile memory of the solid-state storage device to provide an emulated volatile memory;
- controlling, by the CPU, the main memory to emulate anon-volatile memory of the solid-state storage device to provide an emulated non-volatile memory;
- fetching, by the CPU, a testing sequence which includes a read request to access a logical address of the solid-state storage device and a write request to access another logical address of the solid-state storage device;
- fetching, by the CPU according to the testing sequence, a read operation and a write operation from the binary codes;
- determining, by the CPU, whether the read operation is associated with a marker indicating that data to be read from a physical address corresponding to the logical address are unrelated to firmware operation;
- executing, by the CPU when it is determined that the read operation is not associated with the marker, the read operation thus fetched to read the data from the physical address of one of the emulated volatile memory and the emulated non-volatile memory specified by the read operation;
- discarding, by the CPU when it is determined that the read operation is associated with the marker, a read of the data from the physical address specified by the read operation thus fetched;
- determining, by the CPU, whether the write operation is associated with the marker indicating that data to be written to another physical address corresponding to the another logical address are unrelated to firmware operation;
- executing, by the CPU when it is determined that the write operation is not associated with the marker, the write operation thus fetched to write the data to the another physical address of one of the emulated volatile memory and the emulated non-volatile memory specified by the write operation;
- discarding, by the CPU when it is determined that the write operation is associated with the marker, a write of the data to the another physical address specified by the write operation thus fetched;
- monitoring, by the CPU, whether processes of execution of the read operation and the write operation meet the testing criterion;
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- generating, by the CPU, a result of a test of the firmware when it is monitored that the testing criterion is met.