On Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM Patrick Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Is it the case that if I already have tap0 created on my SUT machine, this > testsuite will create a tap1 and then the testsuite will fail to run properly > on the line above (because tap1 won't be brought up)? If there is no way of > getting around this limitation, we should add a new capability for "tap > interface names available" or something and skip if tap0 is found in "ip a" > or a similar solution.
Yes, I've added a workaround which sends a delete tap0 command prior to the testpmd session starting. If the tap0 interface doesn't exist it fails silently and continues with the rest of the test case. >> > > > Otherwise, change the pvp requirement to ONE_LINK, set portlist to 0, 2, 1 (2 > is the vdev) when 2 link topology, and 0, 1 when 1 link, and set forwarding > to chained mode so that the packet forwarding works as expected regardless of > whether we have 1 or 2 physical interfaces the testpmd instance is using. Done > > Thanks. > > Reviewed-by: Patrick Robb <[email protected]> Thanks for the review!
