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2016-11-09cli: Modify configuration via CLIMartin Klozik1-1/+2
In the past, only a few configuration parameters could be modified via --test-params CLI argument and it was not easy to find out their complete list. This patch adds support for generic modification of any configuration parameter via CLI argument --test-params or by "Parameters" section of testcase definition. Thus it is possible to customize a vsperf configuration environment per testcase or for each vsperf execution. Old CLI parameters duration, pkt_sizes, rfc2544_tests and rfc2889_trials were renamed to TRAFFICGEN_DURATION, TRAFFICGEN_PKT_SIZES, TRAFFICGEN_RFC2544_TESTS and TRAFFICGEN_RFC2889_TRIALS to be consistent with other configuration parameters. JIRA: VSPERF-375 Change-Id: I50a1f4ff7250d754aa8af0295a9c7c1be8151175 Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Bill Michalowski <bmichalo@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Antonio Fischetti <antonio.fischetti@intel.com> Reviewed-by: <sridhar.rao@spirent.com>
2016-09-15paths: Support binary packagesMartin Klozik1-0/+158
Currently VSPERF supports OVS, DPDK and QEMU built from the source code only. In some cases it is required to support installation of these tools from binary packages available for given linux distribution. Thus VSPERF configuration and code was modified to suport both source and binary versions of tools. This can be configured perf tool, so various combinations of source and binary version are supported. Together with new configuration also a handling of kernel modules was modified to automatically detect and load module dependencies. JIRA: VSPERF-340 JIRA: VSPERF-339 Change-Id: I855cb438cbd8998bdc499613ea5e7de2526299d7 Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Bill Michalowski <bmichalo@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Otto Sabart <osabart@redhat.com>
2016-09-01multi VM: Multi VMs in serial or parallelMartin Klozik1-2/+295
Support for deployment scenarios with any number of VMs in both serial and parallel configuration. Detailed content of the patch: * VswitchControllerPXP class for multi VM support * pvvpxx and pvpvxx deployments for xx VMs in serial respective parallel configuration * special GUEST_ options expansion to requested number of VMs; * support of GUEST_ options specific macros #VMINDEX, #MAC(), #IP() and #EVAL() * all GUEST specific options are turned to lists to be VM specific * support for VM with 1 NIC * support for VM with multiple NIC pairs; traffic is routed in serial or parallel between NIC paris based on deployment scenario * support for PVVP and PVPV scenarios using VMs with different numbers of NICs JIRA: VSPERF-361 Change-Id: I05bedbdfa9a81ea0166d9b03d83ae49d6cb8b19b Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Bill Michalowski <bmichalo@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Antonio Fischetti <antonio.fischetti@intel.com>
2016-08-04bugfix: Harmonize test/trial RFC2544 terminologyMartin Klozik1-5/+5
VSPERF framework was updated to follow RFC2544 definition of 'test' and 'trial' terms. Test parameter 'rfc2544_trials' was replaced by new parameter 'rfc2544_tests'. Both code and documentation were updated to reflect these changes. JIRA: VSPERF-300 Change-Id: I144a28359fd06394f1f87ef324458bafd5aad45f Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: <bmichalo@redhat.com>
2016-02-05docs: adding license to all rst files.Maryam Tahhan1-0/+4
Add Creative Commons Creative Commons license to all documentation in vsperf. JIRA: VSPERF-239 Change-Id: I88721205a36078f6e0d4a4c5dd842907729d2b6b Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Billy O Mahony <billy.o.mahony@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Brian Castelli <brian.castelli@spirent.com>
2016-01-25VSPERF docs: Patches for Design DocumentRadek Zetik1-2/+11
Routing Table Figure has an odd description for the table#1 description. Connectivity to the DUT is assumed, could provide example directions. Suggest a new section. JIRA: VSPERF-178 JIRA: VSPERF-179 Change-Id: I38e48034a9029d4a8969affdddef5b281dc8eba3 Signed-off-by: Radek Zetik <radekx.zetik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Brian Castelli <brian.castelli@spirent.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Tv Rao <tv.rao@freescale.com>
2016-01-21Add testpmd as vswitch classRobert Wojciechowicz1-6/+19
The purpose of using testpmd instead of OVS is to get the baseline of the DUT when performing hardware offloading operations. There are supported different checksum calculation and txq flags settings. Change-Id: I93c9b45dcb31eaa1f610b7e061f3dd5936b0e6ec JIRA: VSPERF-193 Signed-off-by: Robert Wojciechowicz <robertx.wojciechowicz@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Dino Simeon Madarang <dino.simeonx.madarang@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Brian Castelli <brian.castelli@spirent.com>
2015-12-23docs: update design docs after reviewingMaryam Tahhan1-13/+13
Review and update design documentation for Release B. JIRA: VSPERF-160 Change-Id: I2c2167b5ac9161e30aacd277060da22a559dd0c2 Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com>
2015-12-21docs: updates and move traffic gens to separate docMaryam Tahhan1-53/+103
Move the traffic gen instructions to a separate user guide and add information on usage of the Dummy traffic generator. Update docs to fix PDF build failure and do general clean-up. Removed the numbering from the LTD and added the numbered directive to automate numbering for sections and headers. Add comment anchors that reflect the section numbers. Change-Id: I984ca38456a891c439697ebc1da041bc1d828a15 Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com>
2015-11-04docs: reorganize docs for the sphinx buildRamprasad Velavarthipati1-0/+204
Reorganize docs into the appropriate folders for the new sphinx build. JIRA: VSPERF-80 Change-Id: I9dcd74e092ce52546a0986b92a1ebb2b5b7419bf Signed-off-by: Ramprasad Velavarthipati <ram.v@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Trinath Somanchi <trinath.somanchi@gmail.com>