lowRISC / lowRISC/ibex

[dv] Rip out old checking where needed in test suite

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Description

This is a reduced version of https://github.com/lowRISC/ibex/issues/1567 for M2.5. For tests that are fragile and falsely triggering the old checks we should just remove those checks.

Triage regression failures and determine what should be removed to bring pass rates up to standard

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Research direction

Start by triaging the regression failures in the test suite and identify which fragile tests are falsely triggering the old checks. Done means the unnecessary checks are removed where appropriate and pass rates return to the expected standard.

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Assessment

Domain
testing
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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