From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-vk0-f41.google.com (mail-vk0-f41.google.com [209.85.213.41]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D15E7C5CC for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2016 13:50:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-vk0-f41.google.com with SMTP id d185so25842696vkg.0 for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2016 04:50:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infinite-io.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc; bh=YApNVBqNq4moXtp8qSm2VSi7JetXYHsYNWxQrE7na+M=; b=qjra4nbfigCmKqZ56uVuJCBD1Tbh+J3o79/vF2JDFrAfImuWv2BU4UbddNdOCtEbFZ lAIq7PHRr4+2aIYIpNKEDVdq6sZ9LS/PYmzfe43Qsje0/rXQvBT85wBchuTMdXvwvYMQ RdVQcc7ThN6ddgJOaywi4aYEhrjUIIpxUjFpX7ykH3vQYcX79IUrVVxapRfW1AAkMSqy JQwiRS9bPfjcXZVxysmreBojVPqC1/KfKLv7YJhtjRp1GqB6wgwqzCT6ldwWOUrWuqmP HAjso1ma5Cn4/yoPwPUdgfYD5n51ltqfDzGQ+687pRL2b8vwAOr9h3osnSMOpxPsh308 wKyQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc; bh=YApNVBqNq4moXtp8qSm2VSi7JetXYHsYNWxQrE7na+M=; b=N3ZlV395gJONqJI6YL9Zfxyr9EVujJ5V+aNg4Sg1Tlt3Cfc5GOy500A07U+aq+GZuC y9C170Z8GPOS8Vo+m7DLLo72efcueBOPCeR+hHFFq2FY8Njsvc/zMoKo5VEgITTb76Sv B8hyWDY6aZmwLmT2fIVAkYPrmTuDtJsbKt3LUjuGKN1chcfTHdb8kRei3AQCAr6mH3wO vmYTqyS63cYKm9Rh5HzrcYG2gVP9Nu55UQZg+k5l+VN1OhqUw34A1dxyvU5NE+XtaTs8 5bYv6bFRnr+D5SZkKIYVHKCnUmbmrd8AbhLhutbBRrzqIbYMAQcLJdP9g2xD6C69gQvh Bunw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tK/+0MZfYZSoEEQz+EwGXpEUSiL2ICh8NpeBxsCxHufvm8t9zz1gli1uOX+CGOyxtFNbXT40rIKzja6Mg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.159.38.83 with SMTP id 77mr11242112uag.40.1465991437205; Wed, 15 Jun 2016 04:50:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.103.4.195 with HTTP; Wed, 15 Jun 2016 04:50:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5761235C.2090906@sts.kz> References: <5761235C.2090906@sts.kz> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 06:50:37 -0500 Message-ID: From: Jay Rolette To: Yerden Zhumabekov Cc: DPDK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.15 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] random pkt generator PMD X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 11:50:38 -0000 On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 4:43 AM, Yerden Zhumabekov wrote: > Hello everybody, > > DPDK already got a number of PMDs for various eth devices, it even has PMD > emulations for backends such as pcap, sw rings etc. > > I've been thinking about the idea of having PMD which would generate mbufs > on the fly in some randomized fashion. This would serve goals like, for > example: > > 1) running tests for applications with network processing capabilities > without additional software packet generators; > 2) making performance measurements with no hw inteference; > 3) ability to run without root privileges, --no-pci, --no-huge, for CI > build, so on. > > Maybe there's no such need, and these goals may be achieved by other means > and this idea is flawed? Any thoughts? > Are you thinking of something along the lines of what BreakingPoint (now part of Ixia) does, but as an open source software tool?