[dts] Clarifications on setting up DUT

[Ravi Kerur]

Hi Yong,

Thanks, your changes worked on Ubuntu.

Yong, Michael,

I have sent out a patch to reduce errors logged in dts.log and I217/I218
support. please take a look at it and let me know your inputs.

Thanks,
Ravi

On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Ravi Kerur <rkerur at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
> I got 2 systems assembled which had I217 and I218 chipsets on the
> motherboard and I  was not quite satisfied with the testing I did to claim
> support for these chipsets (primarily used testpmd for testing) so looked
> at DTS to complement the testing I did.
>
> More Inline <rk>
>
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Qiu, Michael <michael.qiu at intel.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 2015/1/17 5:09, Ravi Kerur wrote:
>> > DTS team,
>> >
>> > I am making changes to DTS to support i217, i218 chipsets to DTS and I
>> have
>> > couple of questions
>> >
>> > 1. Any README on system pre-requisites? Can I run DTS natively on DUT
>> > without any SSH?
>>
>> As I know currently not, but any patches are welcome :)
>> Do you guys wants to use it in test env?
>>
>
> <rk> I want to use it for development testing.
>
>>
>> I know that it would be helpful in development, but for testing, it
>> would be have a remote access to DUT.
>>
>> >  I have I217 and 82540EM NICs in a system running Ubuntu. I would like
>> to
>> > use both NIC's for testing. If I use regular method of SSH, I will loose
>> > one NIC hence the question.
>>
>> As I said, it only happens in develop mode, while for automation
>> testing, it would be unacceptable to have no other NIC for control patch.
>>
>> Or it would be reasonable to add one serial port to control it in
>> testing mode.
>>
>> >
>> > 2. When I run DTS, for some of the commands I am getting garbage output.
>> > The problem is seen on 2 Ubuntu systems. When I run those commands
>> manually
>> > commands work fine for e.g.
>>
>> I have a patch send out maybe can solve this, but I have not checked yet
>>
>
> <rk> I will test the patch and let you know.
>
>>
>> > *16/01/2015 12:58:00       DTS_TESTER_CMD: ls
>> > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:19.0/net*
>> >
>> > *16/01/2015 12:58:00    DTS_TESTER_OUTPUT: ^[[0m^[[01;34meth0^[[0m*
>> >
>> > *16/01/2015 12:58:00       DTS_TESTER_CMD: Tester: [000:00:19.0
>> 8086:15a1]
>> > ^[[0m^[[01;34meth0^[[0m*
>> >
>> > *16/01/2015 12:58:00       DTS_TESTER_CMD: cat
>> > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:19.0/net/^[[0m^[[01;34meth0^[[0m/address*
>> >
>> > *16/01/2015 12:58:00    DTS_TESTER_OUTPUT: cat:
>> > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:19.0/net/m1: No such file or directory^M*
>> >
>> > *-bash: 34meth0m/address: No such file or directory*
>> >
>> > *16/01/2015 12:58:00       DTS_TESTER_CMD: ls
>> > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:04:02.0/net*
>> >
>> > *16/01/2015 12:58:00    DTS_TESTER_OUTPUT: ^[[0m^[[01;34meth1^[[0m*
>> >
>> > *16/01/2015 12:58:00       DTS_TESTER_CMD: Tester: [000:04:02.0
>> 8086:100e]
>> > ^[[0m^[[01;34meth1^[[0m*
>> >
>> > *16/01/2015 12:58:00       DTS_TESTER_CMD: cat
>> > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:04:02.0/net/^[[0m^[[01;34meth1^[[0m/address*
>> >
>> >
>> > 3. Tests start failing with following msgs even though I217 NIC is
>> > recognized.
>> >
>> > *Traceback (most recent call last):*
>> >
>> > *  File "/home/rkerur/dpdk-dts/dts/framework/dts.py", line 527, in
>> > execute_test_setup_all*
>> >
>> > *    test_case.set_up_all()*
>> >
>> > *  File "../tests/TestSuite_whitelist.py", line 61, in set_up_all*
>> >
>> > *    self.verify(len(self.dutPorts) >= 1, "Insufficient ports")*
>> >
>> > *  File "/home/rkerur/dpdk-dts/dts/framework/test_case.py", line 62, in
>> > verify*
>>
>> This failure maybe because you only have one NIC port :), but two needs.
>>
>
> <rk> Issue was primarily with delay to acquire v6 address after link up.
> There are some test cases in DTS for 1 port and I am testing with them
> right now.
>
> Thanks,
> Ravi
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Michael
>> > *    raise VerifyFailure(description)*
>> >
>> > *VerifyFailure: 'Insufficient ports'*
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *16/01/2015 12:58:23                 INFO:*
>> >
>> > *TEST SUITE ENDED: TestWhitelist*
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Ravi
>> >
>>
>>
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