[dts] [PATCH] tests mac_filter: use scapy to send packets

[Liu, Yong]

Jianbo, we use Jekins to schedule our automation tasks. DTS is used for generate function/performance result.
All results on test machines will be collected and summary by Jekins Job. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jianbo Liu [mailto:jianbo.liu at linaro.org]
> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2016 2:07 PM
> To: Liu, Yong
> Cc: dts at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dts] [PATCH] tests mac_filter: use scapy to send packets
> 
> On 2 December 2016 at 13:44, Liu, Yong <yong.liu at intel.com> wrote:
> > Jianbo, could you explain your usage model? We are now running DTS on
> tester machine.
> >
> 
> We want to integrate it into our CI environment. If running DTS on
> tester, it's very hard to setup.
> How does Intel setup these automation testings?
> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Jianbo Liu [mailto:jianbo.liu at linaro.org]
> >> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2016 11:45 AM
> >> To: Liu, Yong
> >> Cc: dts at dpdk.org
> >> Subject: Re: [dts] [PATCH] tests mac_filter: use scapy to send packets
> >>
> >> Hi Marvin,
> >>
> >> On 2 December 2016 at 11:27, Liu, Yong <yong.liu at intel.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi Jianbo,
> >> > Packet module is one abstract layer based on scapy. We abstracted
> this
> >> layer for monitoring scapy process and integrating sniff/configuration
> >> function.
> >> > It should work the same as scapy command. I'm interesting in why your
> >> intended to use scapy replace of Packet module.
> >> >
> >> I assume dts can be run on a different machine from tester. Am I right?
> >> But I got the following error, as the module sends packets through its
> >> local port, not the tester's port, but they are different if dts is
> >> not run on tester machine.
> >
> > Yes, that's our original plan. But based on time efficiency and real
> usage model, we assume
> > Tester and DTS will use same machine.
> >
> >