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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 ARM Limited.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+ * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+ * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+ * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+#define BOOST_TEST_ALTERNATIVE_INIT_API
+
+#include "Globals.h"
+#include "TensorLibrary.h"
+#include "Utils.h"
+#include "ValidationProgramOptions.h"
+#include "ValidationUserConfiguration.h"
+
+#include "arm_compute/runtime/Scheduler.h"
+
+#include "boost_wrapper.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+#include <random>
+
+using namespace arm_compute::test;
+using namespace arm_compute::test::validation;
+
+namespace arm_compute
+{
+namespace test
+{
+ValidationUserConfiguration    user_config;
+std::unique_ptr<TensorLibrary> library;
+} // namespace test
+} // namespace arm_compute
+
+struct GlobalFixture
+{
+    GlobalFixture()
+    {
+        if(user_config.seed.is_set())
+        {
+            library = cpp14::make_unique<TensorLibrary>(user_config.path.get(), user_config.seed);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            library = cpp14::make_unique<TensorLibrary>(user_config.path.get());
+        }
+
+        BOOST_TEST_MESSAGE("Seed: " << library->seed());
+    }
+};
+
+BOOST_GLOBAL_FIXTURE(GlobalFixture);
+
+bool init_unit_test()
+{
+    boost::unit_test::framework::master_test_suite().p_name.value = "Compute Library Validation Tests";
+
+    ValidationProgramOptions options;
+
+    int   &argc = boost::unit_test::framework::master_test_suite().argc;
+    char **argv = boost::unit_test::framework::master_test_suite().argv;
+
+    try
+    {
+        options.parse_commandline(argc, argv);
+
+        if(options.wants_help())
+        {
+            std::cout << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " [options] PATH\n";
+            std::cout << options.get_help() << "\n";
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        user_config = ValidationUserConfiguration(options);
+    }
+    catch(const boost::program_options::required_option &err)
+    {
+        std::cerr << "Error: " << err.what() << "\n";
+        std::cout << "\nUsage: " << argv[0] << " [options] PATH\n";
+        std::cout << options.get_help() << "\n";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    std::cout << "Using " << user_config.threads << " CPU " << (user_config.threads == 1 ? "thread" : "threads") << "\n";
+    arm_compute::Scheduler::get().set_num_threads(user_config.threads);
+    return true;
+}