X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=csit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Freport%2Fintroduction%2Ftest_environment_intro.rst;h=c2feb1b4c4797ba49d1f184d138299e8f2b8adf7;hp=19999066692c0576269f7f4d98380e7b17322aeb;hb=cc58afc7de521e571fe4cbaa4c9841a2d3e9be52;hpb=1493f602debb12f1ba152b74c16d1a379a53e50f diff --git a/docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst b/docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst index 1999906669..c2feb1b4c4 100644 --- a/docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst +++ b/docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst @@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ CSIT test environment versioning has been introduced to track modifications of the test environment. Any benchmark anomalies (progressions, regressions) between releases of -a DUT application (e.g. VPP, DPDK, TRex), are determined by testing it in the +a DUT application (e.g. VPP, DPDK), are determined by testing it in the same test environment, to avoid test environment changes clouding the picture. +To beter distinguish impact of test environment changes, +we also execute tests without any SUT (just with TRex TG sending packets +over a link looping back to TG). A mirror approach is introduced to determine benchmarking anomalies due to the test environment change. This is achieved by testing the same DUT