Great, this tool will help all DPDK developers. And reduce the bugs of DPDK.
Thanks, Michael On 12/19/2014 1:44 PM, Cao, Waterman wrote: > DPDK Test Suite 1.0 Release Announcement > > We are very pleased to announce that DPDK Test Suite 1.0 (DTS) is released > by intel now. DTS is an automation test tool for DPDK software, a python-base > library. It can run on remote tester machine, and communicate/manage test > device > by SSH connection. This tool also supports different kinds of traffic > generators, > including DPDK-based PacketGen, third-party professional tester > equipment(IXIA). > > DTS is composes of one set of test cases and automation test framework. Since > Based on DTS, DPDK developers and testers can build their test cases and > verify their patches with these function test. It only requires less effort > to maintain test cases once merged into DTS. Since DPDK Test Suite is an open > source test tool, Everyone can utilize DTS to measure performance and > functionality for features. > > In the future, we will continue to upgrade DPDK Test Suite to support DPDK > software package based on DPDK release timeline, and provide stable version > for each DPDK formal release. Currently, DPDK Test Suite 1.0 will support > the latest DPDK release version 1.8. > > You can download latest DPDK test suite from the following link: > http://dpdk.org/git/tools/dts > > In addition, one mailing list was created as dts at dpdk.org. This mailing > list is > used to post regression test report for DPDK software, answer questions > about DTS, and receive patches for DPDK Test Suite. Also you can discuss > issues and seek for validate solution of DPDK features with this mailing list. > Marvin Liu(Yong.liu at intel.com)from Intel will maintain DPDK Test Suite > code, > and responsible for code merge. We are very welcome that other volunteers who > interested in DPDK Validation can join in us to maintain this tool. > > Since DPDK Test Suite includes some generic test suites, plans and one test > framework. Please see features list as the followings. > > DTS features: > - Support SSH connection and manager tester, test device and IXIA generator > - Automatically discover network topology > - Automatically deploy DPDK on DUT (Device under Test) which installed > Fedora18/20, Ubuntu12/14, FreeBSD 10, etc. > - Support Wind River DPDK-based software traffic generators and IXIA > traffic generator > - Able to transmit, capture and analyze packets by Scapy > - Provide solution to develop user-defined test suite and test plan > - Provide customized configuration file > - Export validation results as RST format and excel format > - Support logging system to track automation execution. > > Example Test Suites: > - Blacklist/Whitelist: EAL whitelist/blacklist feature > - Command line : RTE command line interface > - Multi process : DPDK share information between process > - Timer : EAL timer feature > - Testpmd : Poll Mode driver packet integrity, packet checksum, > performance benchmark > - L2fwd : layer-2 (L2) forwarding application > - L3fwd : Layer-3 Forwarding application > - Jumbo Frame : Poll Mode Drivers for jumbo frames feature > - Ieee1588 : IEEE1588 Precise Time Protocol offload feature > - Checksum offload : RX/TX L3/L4 checksum offload feature > - Flow direction : NIC flow director feature > - VLAN : NIC VLAN offload feature > - Link flowctrl : NIC link flow control feature > - Link bonding : Poll mode driver link bonding feature > - IP fragment : IPv4 and IPV6 fragmentation feature > - Packet framework : IP pipeline by DPDK packet framework feature > > Finally, DTS is open to everyone. Everyone is welcomed to use this tool, > submit test cases and share knowledge with community. > We hope that DTS can help to improve quality of open source patch and > leverage effort with every members in community. > > Best Regards > > Intel DPDK Validation Team >
