Hello,

The DTS group has met and drawn up a development roadmap for the 25.07
release:


   1.

   Performance tests traffic generator support:
   1.

      TG abstractions rework, testsuite API additions for perf workloads,
      and TREX class implementation
      2.

   Testsuite additions:
   1.

      Performance tests: Perf_single_core_fwd
      2.

      Functional tests: rte_flow, Rx/Tx offload, port control, ethertype,
      stats checks, RSS Reta, RSS hash, packet capture
      3.

   Virtual function support (VF creation and handling for tests)
   1.

      PW: https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=34851
      4.

   DTS Docs review and updates for helping new user onboarding to DTS usage
   5.

   Rework packet send and receive functions in the Testsuite API towards
   supporting IP networking in an L3 environment
   6.

   Add DPDK Testsuite API: This will provide a stable API which will not be
   broken going forward (except at agreed upon intervals)
   1.

      Moving existing testsuite class functions (what is essentially the
      current API) to the context hierarchy
      7.

   Add a dedicated file manager to handle passing files and artifacts
   between the test engine and nodes in a path agnostic manner. This will be a
   component of the new DPDK DTS API.
   8.

   Improved interactive shell data collection and logging.
   1.

      Add a log file which logs the shell interactions exclusively
      9.

   Update TestResult module in order to give a more human readable summary
   of the testsuites
   10.

   Flexible port binding
   1.

      Give the opportunity to test suites to use all or part of the
      supplied port topology with the kernel drivers (instead of DPDK).
      11.

   Add a pseudo-shell which handles background services.
   1.

      PW: https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=34865
      12.

   Update certain functional tests in order to switch their packet matching
   strategy from mac address comparison to L4 port # comparison:
   1.

      PW: https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=34805