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authorChristian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>2017-01-11 15:00:52 -0500
committerChristian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>2017-01-13 17:57:37 -0500
commit3ea19952db315e88263437ed41b0c31bd3bdbdf4 (patch)
tree9499954b7606bd7f54678898e9b3dcf139116de4 /tools/pkt_fwd/pkt_fwd.py
parent5bd06d3527c2ade600cab62764aed06f344986bc (diff)
testpmd_pvp: Adds pkt_fwd to allow pvp topology testing
Requires DPDK 16.11 or greater to support vdev flags. Initial support for TestPMD to support guests. Allows vsperf to execute TestPMD as a switch for pvp test scenarios. Can be increased in functionality later to support multiple guest configs. JIRA: VSPERF-406 Change-Id: I67a5a355c990ca6cfcbb5845a2beaf1c1f21f5f0 Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
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-rw-r--r--tools/pkt_fwd/pkt_fwd.py6
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diff --git a/tools/pkt_fwd/pkt_fwd.py b/tools/pkt_fwd/pkt_fwd.py
index 2580ee1f..a080b5a2 100644
--- a/tools/pkt_fwd/pkt_fwd.py
+++ b/tools/pkt_fwd/pkt_fwd.py
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ class IPktFwd(object):
"""
raise NotImplementedError('Please call an implementation.')
+ def start_for_guest(self):
+ """Start the packet forward for guest config
+
+ :returns: None
+ """
+
def stop(self):
"""Stop the packet forwarder.