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From: "Burakov, Anatoly" <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 8/9] autotest: update autotest test case
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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 10:23:05 +0100
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On 17-Jul-18 10:18 AM, Pattan, Reshma wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Burakov, Anatoly
>> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 4:16 PM
>> To: Pattan, Reshma <reshma.pattan@intel.com>; thomas@monjalon.net;
>> dev@dpdk.org
>> Cc: Parthasarathy, JananeeX M <jananeex.m.parthasarathy@intel.com>;
>> stable@dpdk.org
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 8/9] autotest: update autotest test case list
>>
>>
>>> +        {
>>> +        "Name":    "Set rxtx mode",
>>> +        "Command": "set_rxtx_mode",
>>> +        "Func":    default_autotest,
>>> +        "Report":  None,
>>> +    },
>>> +    {
>>> +        "Name":    "Set rxtx anchor",
>>> +        "Command": "set_rxtx_anchor",
>>> +        "Func":    default_autotest,
>>> +        "Report":  None,
>>> +    },
>>> +    {
>>> +        "Name":    "Set rxtx sc",
>>> +        "Command": "set_rxtx_sc",
>>> +        "Func":    default_autotest,
>>> +        "Report":  None,
>>> +    },
>>
>> The above three tests don't look like autotests to me. I have no idea what
>> they are for, but either they need a special function, or they need to be taken
>> out.
>>
> 
> These commands needs to be run manually from test cmd prompt to various set rxtx mode, rxtx rate and rxtx direction .
> These can be used to verify pmd perf test  with vaiours set of above values.
> 
> So this can be removed from autotest.

We do have PMD perf tests in the script - do they call these functions? 
If they are required for PMD autotests, maybe PMD autotests deserve a 
special test function calling these commands before running the tests?

(if they also work without these commands, then we can perhaps postpone 
this to 18.11)

> 
>>> +        "Name":    "User delay",
>>> +        "Command": "user_delay_us",
>>> +        "Func":    default_autotest,
>>> +        "Report":  None,
>>> +    },
>>
>> This doesn't look like autotests to me. I have no idea what it is for, but either
>> it needs a special function, or it needs to be taken out.
>>
> This is autotest but the name does'nt have the autotest name in it. So I will retain this.

OK.

-- 
Thanks,
Anatoly