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authorDino Simeon Madarang <dino.simeonx.madarang@intel.com>2015-07-15 09:22:07 +0100
committerMaryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com>2015-08-18 14:51:12 +0000
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vnfs: Enable PVP using vhost-user
Enable booting of a VM with DPDK and run testpmd for PVP testing. * Added throughput and back2back tests with pvp deployment scenario in 01_testcases.conf * PVP requires DPDK 2.0 with VHOST_USER enabled and QEMU 2.2.0 * Tested on CentOS7 and Fedora 20 * Fix conflict with change 1078 Recent Changes: * Fix merge conflict (testcase.py and testcases.conf) * Remove QEMU_DIR. User must set QEMU_BIN * Set bidir traffic to True * Add flow for bi-directional traffic * Use working OVS_TAG ad2e649834be20dd01b1632799fe778106a96a2d * Merge change 1096 (src: Add QEMU makefile) * Set virtio-net-pci csum=off and other variables to off * Move hardcoded values to conf/* JIRA: VSPERF-56 Change-Id: I4ad184531064855493483d9833a7722c9f7d3576 Signed-off-by: Madarang, Dino Simeon <dino.simeonx.madarang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Meghan Halton <meghan.halton@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Billy O Mahony <billy.o.mahony@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com>
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+#July 2015
+
+## New
+
+* PVP deployment scenario testing using vhost-user as guest access method
+ * Verified on CentOS7 and Fedora 20
+ * Requires QEMU 2.2.0 and DPDK 2.0
+
+
#May 2015
This is the initial release of a re-designed version of the software based on
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@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ cd src
make WITH_LINUX=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
```
+To build DPDK and OVS for PVP testing, use:
+
+```bash
+make VHOST_USER=y
+```
+
To delete a src subdirectory and its contents to allow you to re-clone simply use:
```bash