From 3af55a78fcd572f93b1a46178bffc4c8e90534f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dino Simeon Madarang Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 09:22:07 +0100 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Meghan Halton Reviewed-by: Billy O Mahony Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan Reviewed-by: Martin Klozik --- docs/NEWS.md | 9 +++++++++ docs/quickstart.md | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/NEWS.md b/docs/NEWS.md index 8d92c2c5..618dbebb 100644 --- a/docs/NEWS.md +++ b/docs/NEWS.md @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +#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 diff --git a/docs/quickstart.md b/docs/quickstart.md index 45bca6c5..b6cc3242 100755 --- a/docs/quickstart.md +++ b/docs/quickstart.md @@ -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 -- cgit 1.2.3-korg