From b28d9770bb2f5672d4535c39bdd8ee6f1cfe00fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Christian Y. Brenninkmeijer"
 <christian.brenninkmeijer@manchester.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2024 11:48:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] test

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 spinnaker_testbase/ping.py | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 76 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 spinnaker_testbase/ping.py

diff --git a/spinnaker_testbase/ping.py b/spinnaker_testbase/ping.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2018 The University of Manchester
+#
+# 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
+#
+#     https://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.
+
+import platform
+import subprocess
+import time
+from typing import Set
+
+
+class Ping(object):
+    """
+    Platform-independent ping support.
+    """
+
+    #: The unreachable host cache.
+    unreachable: Set[str] = set()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def ping(ip_address):
+        """
+        Send a ping (ICMP ECHO request) to the given host.
+        SpiNNaker boards support ICMP ECHO when booted.
+
+        :param str ip_address:
+            The IP address to ping. Hostnames can be used, but are not
+            recommended.
+        :return:
+            return code of subprocess; 0 for success, anything else for failure
+        :rtype: int
+        """
+        if platform.platform().lower().startswith("windows"):
+            cmd = "ping -n 1 -w 1 "
+        else:
+            cmd = "ping -c 1 -W 1 "
+        process = subprocess.Popen(
+            cmd + ip_address, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        time.sleep(1.2)
+        process.stdout.close()
+        process.wait()
+        return process.returncode
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def host_is_reachable(ip_address):
+        """
+        Test if a host is unreachable via ICMP ECHO.
+
+        .. note::
+            This information may be cached in various ways. Transient failures
+            are not necessarily detected or recovered from.
+
+        :param str ip_address:
+            The IP address to ping. Hostnames can be used, but are not
+            recommended.
+        :rtype: bool
+        """
+        if ip_address in Ping.unreachable:
+            return False
+        tries = 0
+        while (True):
+            if Ping.ping(ip_address) == 0:
+                return True
+            tries += 1
+            if tries > 10:
+                Ping.unreachable.add(ip_address)
+                return False