Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] test/crypto: do not check for IMB_VERSION_NUM

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

14/04/2020 19:22, De Lara Guarch, Pablo:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > 14/04/2020 12:22, Pablo de Lara:
> > > Now that capabilities are checked to see if an algorithm is supported
> > > by a device, there is no need to check for a specific version of a
> > > library used in a PMD.
> > 
> > Yes, and even no need to check the PMD at all.
> > All *_TEST_TARGET_PMD_* constants should be removed.
> > 
> 
> I am currently working on this. However, I would like to split this effort
> into multiple patchsets. A first one addressing the problem of needing to check for
> specific information from PMDs (such as IMB_VERSION_NUM), which should not
> have any effect on the number of test cases ran for each PMD, and another one which
> addresses your comment, and that will enable test cases for all PMDs.
> This last patchset will require testing from all PMD maintainers and it is a less urgent
> problem to resolve, so we can decide if we want to merge it in this release or wait
> for more time in 20.08.

Thanks for your efforts Pablo.
If the basic is working, I am for removing *_TEST_TARGET_PMD_* in 20.05,
and allow PMD maintainers to validate the tests during -rc phases.