[LTP] [RFC PATCH v5 0/3] Simplify network setup

Petr Vorel
2017-05-04T13:46:13Z

Hi Alexey,

> > There is still requirement network prefix to be < 8 (IPv4) resp. 16 (IPv6) as
> > then IPV{4,6}_NETWORK variables would be empty, which is not expected by tests
> > (they join it with address separators with {L,R}HOST_IPV{4,6}_HOST. Even we got
> > rid of reverse related variables we still need IPV{4,6}_NETWORK variables for
> > some tests.

> Hi Petr,

> But you removed such dependency on the prefix from test_net.sh in
> the third patch... so we could just print the warning that configuration
> is not appropriate for the old tests, that is for stress/multicast,
> stress/route groups only.
Right, I'll remove requirement network prefix to be < 8 (IPv4) resp. 16 (IPv6).
There are other restrictions you probably don't like:
* Don't use 32 (IPv4) and 128 (IPv6): I'd keep this restriction. What do you think?
* Require to use the same prefix: I'd keep it for now.

Kind regards,
Petr