diff --git a/sim/testsuite/common/Make-common.in b/sim/testsuite/common/Make-common.in
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+check: sanity $(TESTS)
+sanity:
+	@eval echo AS_FOR_TARGET = $(AS_FOR_TARGET)
+	@eval echo LD_FOR_TARGET = $(LD_FOR_TARGET)
+	@eval echo RUN_FOR_TARGET = $(RUN_FOR_TARGET)
+
+# Rules for running the tests
+
+.SUFFIXES: .ok .run .hi .ko
+.run.ok:
+	rm -f tmp-$* $*.hi
+	ulimit -t 5 ; \
+	$(RUN_FOR_TARGET) $(RUNFLAGS_FOR_TARGET) $*.run > tmp-$*
+	mv tmp-$* $*.ok
+.run.hi:
+	rm -f tmp-$* $*.hi diff-$*
+	ulimit -t 5 ; \
+	$(RUN_FOR_TARGET) $(RUNFLAGS_FOR_TARGET) $*.run > tmp-$*
+	echo 'Hello World!' | diff - tmp-$* > diff-$*
+	cat tmp-$* diff-$* > $*.hi
+.run.ko:
+	rm -f tmp-$* $*.ko
+	set +e ; \
+	ulimit -t 5 ; \
+	$(RUN_FOR_TARGET) $(RUNFLAGS_FOR_TARGET) $*.run > tmp-$* ; \
+	if [ $$? -eq 47 ] ; then \
+	  exit 0 ; \
+	else \
+	  exit 1 ; \
+	fi
+	mv tmp-$* $*.ko
+
+
+# Rules for building the test
+# Preference is for obtaining the executable (.run) from a prebuilt image
+
+.SUFFIXES: .uue .s .S .run
+.uue.run:
+	head $* | grep $*.run > /dev/null
+	uudecode $*.uue
+.run.u:
+	uuencode < $*.run $*.run > $*.u
+.o.run:
+	$(LD_FOR_TARGET) $(LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET) -o $*.run $*.o
+.s.o:
+	$(AS_FOR_TARGET) $(ASFLAGS_FOR_TARGET) $(srcdir)/$*.s -o $*.o
+.S.o:
+	$(AS_FOR_TARGET) $(ASFLAGS_FOR_TARGET) $(srcdir)/$*.S -o $*.o