[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-web] [PATCH v1] add dpdk-quickstart python script
Thomas Monjalon
thomas at monjalon.net
Thu Oct 25 12:30:43 CEST 2018
25/10/2018 11:31, Hunt, David:
> Hi Thomas,
>
>
> On 25/10/2018 10:14 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 25/10/2018 11:09, Hunt, David:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm just wondering if there is anything I can do to help move this
> >> website patch forward? Any suggestions?
> > The website has changed.
> > It is using Hugo now.
> > The update in doc/quick-start.html must be ported.
>
> Sure, I'll have a look at that.
>
> > About the python script, I don't understand why you want to have it
> > in the web repo?
>
> The script needs to be somewhere outside the DPDK repo, browser
> accessible (or wget, etc), so
> the website archive seemed the most sensible place for it.
Why outside of the repo?
We can download files from the repo:
wget http://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/plain/usertools/cpu_layout.py
> So the idea was that the user gets the script, then when it's run, it
> downloads DPDK,
> installs package dependencies, builds DPDK, builds testpmd, binds to
> NICs, and runs testpmd.
>
> Regards,
> Dave.
>
>
> >
> >> On 3/8/2018 12:41 PM, david.hunt at intel.com (David Hunt) wrote:
> >>> This patch contains two section.
> >>> 1. Updates to the existing quick-start.html page giving
> >>> infomration on the new dpdk-quickstart.py script.
> >>> 2. The dpdk-quickstart.py script itself.
> >>>
> >>> 1. The Quick start section contains some instructions for
> >>> building DPDK and running TestPMD.
> >>> While this is still useful, automating these steps
> >>> through a script would provide a much faster and painless
> >>> way to have DPDK up and running. The new dpdk-quickstart.py
> >>> aims to address this.
> >>>
> >>> 2. This script performs the following:
> >>> - Gets the latest DPDK release
> >>> - Gets the necessary dependencies (if needed)
> >>> - Builds DPDK with the default target
> >>> - Sets up hugepages
> >>> - Helps the user to select the ports to use on DPDK
> >>> - Runs TestPMD, showing packet forwarding between two ports
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Kirill Rybalchenko <kirill.rybalchenko at intel.com>
> >>> Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.hunt at intel.com>
> >>> ---
> >>> doc/quick-start.html | 25 +
> >>> scripts/dpdk-quickstart.py | 996 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>> 2 files changed, 1021 insertions(+)
> >>> create mode 100755 scripts/dpdk-quickstart.py
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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