> From: Jerin Jacob [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2017 8:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Richardson, Bruce <[email protected]>; Van Haaren, Harry > <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Eads, Gage > <[email protected]>; > [email protected]; Vangati, Narender <[email protected]>; Rao, > Nikhil > <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Jerin Jacob > <[email protected]> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/33] introduce generic eventdev test application > framework > > The dpdk-test-eventdev tool is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) > application that allows exercising various eventdev use cases. This > application has a generic framework to add new eventdev based test cases > to verify functionality and measure the performance parameters of DPDK > eventdev devices. > > This patch set adds the infrastructure for the generic eventdev test cases > framework with four test cases. > > 1)perf_queue: test to measure the throughput and forward latency of eventdev > pipeline on different PMDs > 2)perf_atq: functionally same as perf_queue. But using "all type queues" > eventdev infrastructure > 3)order_queue: test to verify the ingress event ordering and atomic > schedule type > 4)order_atq: functionally same as order_queue. But using "all types queues" > eventdev infrastructure. > > The tests are verified using both HW(OCTEONTX) and SW eventdev PMDs. > > We need minor changes in the API specification to run this test cases on HW > PMD. > I will send those patches separately. > > Since "all type queues" is not currently supported in SW implementation. > "All types queue" based tests returns "unsupported" on SW PMD. > > Added detailed documentation for test operation and usage with diagrams in the > last five patches in the series. > > /Jerin
Nice work here - and a good idea to ensure standard tests can be performed against all PMDs. I'll reply to a few patchset with particulars, in general this looks good to me. -Harry
