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+# Copyright 2016-2021 Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS/ETH Zurich)
+# ReFrame Project Developers. See the top-level LICENSE file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+import os
+import reframe as rfm
+import reframe.utility.sanity as sn
+
+
+@rfm.simple_test
+class BuildHip(rfm.RegressionTest):
+    '''Download and install HIP around the nvcc compiler.'''
+
+    # HIP build variables
+    hip_path = variable(str, value='hip')
+    hip_full_path = variable(str)
+    hip_platform = variable(str, value='nvidia')
+
+    valid_systems = ['daint:gpu', 'dom:gpu']
+    valid_prog_environs = ['PrgEnv-gnu']
+    sourcesdir = 'https://github.com/ROCm-Developer-Tools/HIP.git'
+    build_system = 'CMake'
+    postbuild_cmds = ['make install']
+    executable = f'{hip_path}/bin/hipcc'
+    executable_opts = ['--version']
+    maintainers = ['JO']
+    tags = {'production'}
+
+    @rfm.run_before('compile')
+    def set_compile_options(self):
+        self.hip_full_path = os.path.abspath(
+            os.path.join(self.stagedir, self.hip_path)
+        )
+        self.build_system.builddir = 'build'
+        self.build_system.config_opts = [
+            f'-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX={self.hip_full_path}',
+            f'-DHIP_PLATFORM={self.hip_platform}',
+        ]
+
+    @rfm.run_before('sanity')
+    def set_sanity_patterns(self):
+        self.sanity_patterns = sn.assert_found(r'nvcc:\s+NVIDIA', self.stdout)
+
+
+@rfm.simple_test
+class HelloHip(rfm.RegressionTest):
+    '''A Hello World test for HIP.'''
+
+    # Declare custom test variables
+    sample = variable(str, value='HelloWorld')
+    sample_dir = variable(str, value='HIP-Examples-Applications')
+    hip_path = variable(str)
+
+    valid_systems = ['daint:gpu', 'dom:gpu']
+    valid_prog_environs = ['PrgEnv-gnu']
+    modules = ['cdt-cuda']
+    sourcesdir = 'https://github.com/ROCm-Developer-Tools/HIP-Examples.git'
+    prebuild_cmds = [f'cd {sample_dir}/{sample}']
+    build_system = 'Make'
+    executable = f'{sample_dir}/{sample}/{sample}'
+    maintainers = ['JO']
+    tags = {'production'}
+
+    @rfm.run_after('init')
+    def set_deps(self):
+        self.depends_on('BuildHip')
+
+    @rfm.require_deps
+    def get_hip_path(self, BuildHip):
+        self.hip_path = BuildHip().hip_full_path
+
+    @rfm.run_before('compile')
+    def set_env(self):
+        self.variables = {'HIP_PATH': f'{self.hip_path}'}
+        self.build_system.cxx = os.path.join(self.hip_path, 'bin', 'hipcc')
+
+    @rfm.run_before('sanity')
+    def set_sanity(self):
+        self.sanity_patterns = sn.assert_found(r'HelloWorld', self.stdout)