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authorDino Simeon Madarang <dino.simeonx.madarang@intel.com>2015-08-26 16:35:37 +0100
committerDino Simeon Madarang <dino.simeonx.madarang@intel.com>2015-09-01 23:44:33 +0100
commitdcb66fe7b184080d521e341ac4f73c165abacc37 (patch)
tree0ce651219340d6e17a003d02aba6bb5eeb9d09c6 /docs/quickstart.rst
parentd9a8e08292e989fd369b0564bee9e3aa02b3eef5 (diff)
vswitches: Fix error in loading eventfd module
Load eventfd only when vhost-cuse is specified as the guest access method. This commit also includes quickstart update for executing PVP tests. JIRA: VSPERF-59 Change-Id: I41f116ab1c42f704026567a269922c07994b15a5 Signed-off-by: Dino Simeon Madarang <dino.simeonx.madarang@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Billy O Mahony <billy.o.mahony@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Gurpreet Singh <gurpreet.singh@spirent.com> Reviewed-by: Tv Rao <tv.rao@freescale.com> Reviewed-by: Fatih Degirmenci <fatih.degirmenci@ericsson.com>
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@@ -155,6 +155,55 @@ For all available options, check out the help dialog:
./vsperf --help
+Executing PVP tests
+-------------------
+To run tests using vhost-user as guest access method:
+
+1. Set VHOST_METHOD and VNF of your settings file to:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ VHOST_METHOD='user'
+ VNF = 'QemuDpdkVhost'
+
+2. Recompile src for VHOST USER testing
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ cd src
+ make cleanse
+ make VHOST_USER=y
+
+3. Run test:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ ./vsperf --conf-file <path_to_settings_py>
+
+To run tests using vhost-cuse as guest access method:
+
+1. Set VHOST_METHOD and VNF of your settings file to:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ VHOST_METHOD='cuse'
+ VNF = 'QemuDpdkVhostCuse'
+
+2. Recompile src for VHOST USER testing
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ cd src
+ make cleanse
+ make VHOST_USER=n
+
+3. Run test:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ ./vsperf --conf-file <path_to_settings_py>
+
+
GOTCHAs:
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