[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] speed-capabilities: Added Speed Capabilitiestest case

[Daniel Kirichok]

Hi all,

I just wanted to follow up on the status of the patch. I was wondering if
there were plans to merge the patch before testpmd was updated with the
speed_capa change.

Thanks,
Dan

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 3:59 PM Daniel Kirichok <dkirichok at iol.unh.edu>
wrote:

> Inline
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 3:27 AM Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>
> wrote:
>
>> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Ivan Dyukov
>> > Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 9:03 AM
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> > > +Test Case : Speed Capabilities Test
>> > > +===================================
>> > > +
>> > > +1. Use testpmd to retrieve the speed information that the interface
>> > is linked at::
>> > > +
>> > > +      testpmd> show port info <PORT_ID>
>> >
>> > I'm afraid that testpmd don't show speed_capa value. It shows only
>> > link_speed value. to get speed_capa values you should write new
>> > ethtool-like application for dpdk interfaces.
>>
>> That would probably need to be a secondary process, hooking up to the
>> testpmd process used for testing. Not the simplest solution.
>>
>> If testpmd is the primary tool used for testing PMDs, it should support
>> all features being tested. In other words: Testpmd needs to be updated, so
>> it also shows speed_capa.
>>
>> I also considered ethtool, but it is only listed under Other Example
>> Applications, and has no maintainers. So that does not seem to have a
>> promising future.
>>
>> CC: testpmd Maintainers.
>>
>> Dan > I have filed a bug report on bugzilla regarding testpmd being
> updated for this. I will also look into incorporating the suggestion Ivan
> made about the naming convention and organization for the config files.
>
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