[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/2] devtools: allow misc options in null test

[Thomas Monjalon]

29/07/2019 12:36, David Marchand:
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 5:53 PM Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
> >
> > In order to ease basic testing with customized options,
> > EAL and testpmd options can be added as third and fourth arguments
> > of the "null PMD" script.
> >
> > Also, the first argument becomes more flexible by accepting
> > the testpmd path as an alternative to the build directory.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> 
> Not sure I would have split this from the first patch.

Patches have different intents, different explanations.

> Out of curiosity, what are the cases where you need to set options?

It allows to test different builds with a specific option,
and see which one is failing.
For instance, it was useful when debugging a failure with -w option recently.