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-rw-r--r--testcases/testcase.py16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/testcases/testcase.py b/testcases/testcase.py
index 06e9cd24..ccd65785 100644
--- a/testcases/testcase.py
+++ b/testcases/testcase.py
@@ -380,8 +380,20 @@ class TestCase(object):
guest_loopback = set(S.getValue('GUEST_LOOPBACK'))
if 'testpmd' in guest_loopback:
try:
- tasks.run_task(['rsync', '-a', '-r', '-l', r'--exclude="\.git"',
- os.path.join(S.getValue('TOOLS')['dpdk_src'], ''),
+ # exclude whole .git/ subdirectory and all o-files;
+ # It is assumed, that the same RTE_TARGET is used in both host
+ # and VMs; This simplification significantly speeds up testpmd
+ # build. If we will need a different RTE_TARGET in VM,
+ # then we have to build whole DPDK from the scratch in VM.
+ # In that case we can copy just DPDK sources (e.g. by excluding
+ # all items obtained by git status -unormal --porcelain).
+ # NOTE: Excluding RTE_TARGET directory won't help on systems,
+ # where DPDK is built for multiple targets (e.g. for gcc & icc)
+ exclude = []
+ exclude.append(r'--exclude=.git/')
+ exclude.append(r'--exclude=*.o')
+ tasks.run_task(['rsync', '-a', '-r', '-l'] + exclude +
+ [os.path.join(S.getValue('TOOLS')['dpdk_src'], ''),
os.path.join(guest_dir, 'DPDK')],
self._logger,
'Copying DPDK to shared directory...',