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

[Jianbo Liu]

On 2 December 2016 at 14:13, Liu, Yong <yong.liu at intel.com> wrote:
> 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.
>

Thanks, that is what I want to achieve...

>> -----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.

Can we keep the original design, because it looks strange that some
parts of dts can be run on different machine, others must on the same
machine as tester?