[dpdk-dev] Multicast MAC Filter Test Case

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Fri Jul 3 11:11:57 CEST 2020


02/07/2020 15:26, Owen Hilyard:
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions regarding testing the
> multicast mac filter. My current plan is to send a frame and check it's not
> received, then add the multicast address to the filter and send another
> frame, checking that it is received. Suggestions of other test cases for
> this feature are also welcome.

You can check that unicast is still working.
You can check bradcast behaviour.
You can test different ranges and flags of multicast addresses.

I wonder which kind of environment or configuration change
could have a side effect on multicast.
Any ideas about more complex test cases?




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