netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 06/17] selftests: forwarding: Add a helper to skip test when using veth pairs

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Message-ID: <ZNM2LoLpnUaJiYkx@Laptop-X1>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2023 14:46:06 +0800
From: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
To: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 06/17] selftests: forwarding: Add a helper to skip
 test when using veth pairs

On Wed, Aug 09, 2023 at 08:47:45AM +0300, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 09, 2023 at 09:55:25AM +0800, Hangbin Liu wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 08, 2023 at 05:14:52PM +0300, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> > > A handful of tests require physical loopbacks to be used instead of veth
> > > pairs. Add a helper that these tests will invoke in order to be skipped
> > > when executed with veth pairs.
> > 
> > Hi Ido,
> > 
> > How to create physical loopbacks?
> 
> It's the same concept as veth. Take two physical ports and connect them
> with a cable.

With a cable.. Thanks, haha!

Hangbin