On Wed, 6 Aug 2025 11:11:24 +1000
David Gibson
On Tue, Aug 05, 2025 at 09:52:41AM +0200, Stefano Brivio wrote:
If we can start introducing some exeter tests, the next step would be to work on the support library stuff for constructing more complex network environments from namespaces. I have draft series with this as well, but I was looking at splitting it into another mini-project (tentative name "sinte" - Simulated Inter Network Test Environment).
Neat! That sounds like the juicy part and surely one part we really miss at this point. I would go as far as proposing PESTO (playground environment simplifies test orchestration / spurs test opportunities) but "sinte" sounds good to me as well.
I kind of love the "pesto" acronym, but the proposed expansions don't quite work for me though: they don't say anything specifically about networking, and it's really not about test orchestration - this is about how to write a single test.
I couldn't come up with much better (and didn't get to actually review the patches) yet, but I just wanted to quickly mention that by "orchestration" I was referring to juggling namespaces and virtual machines (at some point...?) with virtual links around, within a single test. And maybe at some point networking could be marginal in the whole thing.
The infuriating thing is I'm pretty sure I came up with a much better tentative name months ago, and then forgot it.
I know you meant it for something else, but I'm wondering if you're referring to NUDEL perhaps. -- Stefano