18/08/2020 19:09, Stephen Hemminger: > On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:39:19 +0500 > Sarosh Arif <sarosh.a...@emumba.com> wrote: > > > dpdk-setup has been used for a long time in order to compile and > > configure dpdk along with running some basic applications. dpdk-setup > > uses the make build system to compile which is now deprecated. In addition > > to this it has been discussed on the mailing list a few times that > > dpdk-setup UI is quite old and it needs improvement along with > > addition of some other facilities. This had created a need for python > > curses based script that would provide similar functionality as > > dpdk-setup but with more options and better UI. The idea is almost similar > > to kernel's make menuconfig. The reason to select python curses is that it > > comes as a standard library with python. The script will use the meson build > > system for compilation. > > > > Here is a link containing suggested UI: > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/18ngGpO_e-8FYNKjkKqS1IKQSrDDcXSO6/view?usp=sharing > > > > The following options will be present in the Menu and Sub-Menu: > > > > Compile > > Compile with gcc > > Compile with icc > > Compile with clang > > Compile examples > > Cross compile > > arm64_armada_linux_gcc > > arm64_armv8_linux_gcc > > arm64_bluefield_linux_gcc > > arm64_dpaa_linux_gcc > > arm64_emag_linux_gcc > > arm64_n1sdp_linux_gcc > > arm64_octeontx2_linux_gcc > > arm64_stingray_linux_gcc > > arm64_thunderx2_linux_gcc > > Arm64_thunderx_linux_gcc > > Ppc64le-power8-linux-gcc > > cross-mingw > > Hugepages > > Setup hugepage for non-NUMA > > Setup hugepages for NUMA > > Remove hugepage mappings > > Insert module > > Setup VFIO permissions > > VFIO > > KNI > > IBG UIO > > Remove module > > VFIO > > KNI > > IBG UIO > > Bind and Unbind devices > > Bind device to IGB UIO > > Bind device to VFIO > > Unbind devices from IGB UIO or VFIO driver > > Display > > Hugepages info > > Current device settings > > Run Applications > > Test application → prompt user to enter flags and possibly build > > directory name. Also give a default options for flags > > Testpmd application → prompt user to enter flags and possibly > > build directory name. Also give a default options for flags > > > > In addition to this, the user will have the facility to provide any > > additional flags for compilation if he/she wishes to. > > I would prefer a set of scripts that each do one thing. > Having a GUI is a lot of overhead to support.
Me too, I prefer simple scripts. And I prefer even more documenting simple tasks. We can extract the lines for hugepages settings in a standalone script. Perhaps doing the same for VFIO setup. Not sure about the rest.
