Changes in |csit-release|
-------------------------
-#. **DPDK performance tests**
+#. DPDK PERFORMANCE TESTS
- - *MRR tests* - Maximum Receive Rate tests measure the packet forwarding rate
- under the maximum load offered by traffic generator over a set trial
- duration, regardless of packet loss. MRR tests are used for continuous
- performance trending and for comparison between releases.
+ - Refactor of CSIT initialization helper scripts for DPDK testpmd
+ and l3fwd. Removing obsolete parameters from DPDK testpmd and l3fwd
+ command line.
- - *MLR tests* - NDR and PDR tests measure the packet forwarding rate using
- MLRsearch library by traffic generator. All tests that previously used
- binary search were converted to MLRsearch.
+ - Fixed 9000B L2 packet size tests not passing for all NICs.
- - *2-node tests* - Set of 2-node tests covering testpmd and l3fwd.
+ - Fixed DPDK compilation and test initialization of Mellanox NICs using
+ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD=y in compile configuration.
- - Increased coverage of NIC specific tests (Intel-xxv710-da2, Intel-x710)
+#. DPDK RELEASE VERSION CHANGE
- - *Generated tests* - Simplified and unified test structure,
- semi-autogenerated by generator script. Test generator is currently able
- to create test combinations with various frame size and cores combinations.
- All existing test cases were converted to new format.
+ - |csit-release| tested |dpdk-release|, as used by |vpp-release|.
-
-Performance Changes
--------------------
-
-Relative performance changes in measured packet throughput in |csit-release|
-are calculated against the results from |csit-release-1|
-report. Listed mean and standard deviation values are computed based on
-a series of the same tests executed against respective DPDK releases to
-verify test results repeatability, with percentage change calculated for
-mean values.
-
-NDR Changes
-~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-NDR throughput changes between releases are available in a CSV and pretty ASCII
-formats:
-
- - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.csv>`_,
- - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.csv>`_,
- - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.txt>`_,
- - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.txt>`_.
-
-.. note::
-
- Test results have been generated by
- `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_
- with Robot Framework result
- files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
- `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.
-
-PDR Changes
-~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-PDR throughput changes between releases are available in a CSV and pretty ASCII
-formats:
-
- - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.csv>`_,
- - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.csv>`_,
- - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.txt>`_,
- - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.txt>`_.
-
-.. note::
-
- Test results have been generated by
- `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_
- with Robot Framework result
- files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
- `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.
-
-Comparison Across Testbeds
---------------------------
-
-Relative performance changes in measured packet throughput on 3-Node Skx testbed
-are calculated against the results measured on 3-Node Hsw testbed.
-
-NDR Changes
-~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-NDR throughput changes between testbeds are available in a CSV and pretty ASCII
-formats:
-
- - `csv format for ndr <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-ndr.csv>`_,
- - `pretty ASCII format for ndr <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-ndr.txt>`_.
-
-.. note::
-
- Test results have been generated by
- `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_ and
- `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-skx`_
- with Robot Framework result
- files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
- `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.
-
-PDR Changes
-~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-PDR throughput changes between testbeds are available in a CSV and pretty ASCII
-formats:
-
- - `csv format for pdr <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.csv>`_,
- - `pretty ASCII format for pdr <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.txt>`_.
-
-.. note::
-
- Test results have been generated by
- `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_ and
- `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-skx`_
- with Robot Framework result
- files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
- `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.
+.. _dpdk_known_issues:
Known Issues
------------
-Here is the list of known issues in |csit-release| for Testpmd performance tests:
+List of known issues in |csit-release| for DPDK performance tests:
-+---+---------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
-| # | Issue | Jira ID | Description |
-+---+---------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
-| | No known issues | | |
-+---+---------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
++----+------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| # | JiraID | Issue Description |
++====+==========================================+==========================================================================================================+
+| 1 | `CSIT-1701 | DPDK L3fwd tests with 9000B L2 packet size are not passing with Mellanox NICs. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1701>`_ | L3fwd application does not accept parameter for increasing -mbuf-size in same way DPDK testpmd does. |
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