[dpdk-dev] [RFC] New CLI for DPDK

[Wiles, Keith]

> On Mar 10, 2017, at 9:25 AM, Wiles, Keith <keith.wiles at intel.com> wrote:
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> I would like to request for comments on a new CLI design and get any feedback. I have attached the cli.rst text, which is still a work in progress for you review.
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> I have also ported the CLI to a version of Pktgen on the ‘dev’ branch of the repo in DPDK.org.
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> http://dpdk.org/browse/apps/pktgen-dpdk/refs/?h=dev
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> I would like to submit the CLI library to be used in DPDK, if that seems reasonable to everyone. I need more testing of the API and Pktgen, but I feel it has a simpler design, easier to understand and hopefully make it easier for developers to add commands.
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> As an example I quickly converted over testpmd from CMDLINE to CLI (I just add a -I option to select CLI instead) and reduced the test-pmd/cmdline.c file from 12.6K lines to about 4.5K lines. I did not fully test the code, but the ones I did test seem to work.
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> I do not expect DPDK to convert to the new CLI only if it makes sense and I am not suggesting to replace CMDLINE library.
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> If you play with the new CLI in pktgen and see any problems or want to suggest new features or changes please let me know.
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> Comments on the cli.rst text is also welcome, but the cli.rst is not complete. I think this file needs to be broken into two one to explain the example and another to explain CLI internals.

Any more comments on the CLI code for DPDK.

Should I submit a patch for DPDK or would it be better to push this into its own repo on DPDK?

Regards,
Keith