Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH RFC] usertools: add dpdk run script

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

14/07/2017 18:19, Wiles, Keith:
> > On Jul 6, 2017, at 4:37 PM, Keith Wiles <keith.wiles@intel.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I use a script like this one with pktgen and wanted to see if DPDK
> > would be interested in this application.
> > 
> > The following script adds support for executing applications using
> > a configuration file. The configuration file is formatted as a
> > python data file to be loaded by the run.py script.
> > 
> > Inside the configuration 'default.cfg' is the command line arguments
> > needed to execute the application. Any number of configuration  files
> > are allows for a single application for different execution. Normally
> > the configuration file can be in the application or example directory
> > or placed in a RTE_SDK/cfg directory.
> > 
> > The configuration file contains information about setup of the system
> > and how to run the application. The run.py script can setup the system
> > and/or execute the application with a simple command.
> > 
> > ./run.py -s default # for setup
> > ./run.py default # to execute the application.
> > 
> > I am not a great Python coder and any suggestions/patches would be great.
> 
> No comments on this RFC, should I submit a normal patch?

I have not reviewed the script.
I have just a comment about the scope of the project, as usual ;)
I am a bit worried about adding some application facilities
which may disturb library development focus of the project.

An open discussion would be useful on this topic,
so opinions (or +1/-1) are welcome!