DPDK Poll-Mode Driver Test Suite Documentation

Table of Contents

• DPDK Poll-Mode Driver Test Suite Documentation

  • Introduction

  • References

  • Conventions

  • Testbed

  • Test parameters

    • Parameter naming conventions

  • Test Suite Structure

    • TRC Tags

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Introduction

DPDK Poll-Mode Driver Test Suite is aimed to check certain implementation of the DPDK poll-mode driver. It uses @te_ref te as it's engine.

See Abbreviations

References

Find list of documentation mentioned on the References page

Conventions

Parameters of tests are referred in the text using bold italic (for example, pco_iut).

Names of formal arguments of DPDK RTE API functions appear in italic (for example, addrlen).

Standard defines, elements of enumerations as well as errno values appear in monotype font (for example, AF_INET, ENOMEM).

Testbed

The following setup is required to run the test suite. In theory, Test Engine may run on either Test machine or Auxiliary test machine.

Test parameters

The test suite uses extensive parametrization. Details of the XML syntax and how to read the XML that describes the parameters can be found in TE Tester documentation.

Parameter naming conventions

Name	Description
iut_rpcs	DPDK-app RPC server on IUT
iut_pci_fn	NIC PCI function on the IUT
iut_mac	MAC address of the iut_pci_fn NIC
iut_addr	IPv4/6 unicast address allocated for IUT interface
tst_rpcs	RPC server on TST
tst_if	Network interface on TST connected to the iut_pci_fn NIC
tst_mac	MAC address of the tst_if
tst_addr	IPv4/6 unicast address assigned to the tst_if
other_mac	Other unicast MAC address

Test Suite Structure

• Filters

• Performance

• Representors

• Reliability in Normal Use

• Transmit Functionality

TRC Tags

List of TRC tags can be found on the corresponding page

Details on what TRC is can be found in TE Documentation