tests: cpus awareness

[vpp.git] / test / Makefile

diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index dc6aa09..0ee61a2 100644 (file)
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ help:
        @echo "Arguments controlling test runs:"
        @echo " V=[0|1|2]              - set test verbosity level"
        @echo "                          0=ERROR, 1=INFO, 2=DEBUG"
-       @echo " TEST_JOBS=[<n>|auto]   - use <n> parallel processes for test execution or automatic discovery of maximum acceptable processes (default: 1)"
+       @echo " TEST_JOBS=[<n>|auto]   - use at most <n> parallel python processes for test execution, if auto, set to number of available cpus (default: 1)"
+       @echo " MAX_VPP_CPUS=[<n>|auto]- use at most <n> cpus for running vpp main and worker threads, if auto, set to number of available cpus (default: auto)"
        @echo " CACHE_OUTPUT=[0|1]     - cache VPP stdout/stderr and log as one block after test finishes (default: 1)"
        @echo " FAILFAST=[0|1]         - fail fast if 1, complete all tests if 0"
        @echo " TIMEOUT=<timeout>      - fail test suite if any single test takes longer than <timeout> (in seconds) to finish (default: 600)"