> -----Original Message----- > From: Luca Vizzarro <luca.vizza...@arm.com> > Sent: Monday, January 8, 2024 6:18 AM > To: Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagaraha...@arm.com>; Etelson, > Gregory <getel...@nvidia.com>; tho...@monjalon.net; Juraj Linkeš > <juraj.lin...@pantheon.tech>; Paul Szczepanek <paul.szczepa...@arm.com>; > Yoan Picchi <yoan.pic...@foss.arm.com>; Jeremy Spewock > <jspew...@iol.unh.edu>; Patrick Robb <pr...@iol.unh.edu>; c...@dpdk.org; > dev@dpdk.org > Subject: Re: DTS testpmd and SCAPY integration > > Hi Honnappa, > > > YAML has wide support built around it. By using our own text format, we will > have to build the parsing support etc ourselves. > > > > However, YAML is supposed to be easy to read and understand. Is it just a > matter for getting used to it? > > I may be wrong, please feel free to correct me, but I believe what Gregory > meant is to write raw Scapy and testpmd commands directly in YAML-written > tests. As in, we wouldn't be using our own text format, we'd just need to feed > the raw commands from YAML straight to the Scapy and testpmd shells. > Finally, validate their responses to what was set in the YAML test. In > Gregory's > example this is just comparing stdout. Yes, I have misunderstood Gregory's proposal. I am all for using YAML. Let us discuss more in the DTS meetings and hear what others have to say.
> > Best, > Luca
