From: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
To: ltp@lists.linux.it
Subject: [LTP] [PATCH 2/2] network/README: Document ping dependencies
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 19:08:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240330180818.246499-2-pvorel@suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240330180818.246499-1-pvorel@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
---
testcases/network/README.md | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/testcases/network/README.md b/testcases/network/README.md
index e1b1296d6..0b64df01e 100644
--- a/testcases/network/README.md
+++ b/testcases/network/README.md
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ Tests which use `tst_netload_compare()` test also performance. They can fail on
overloaded SUT. To ignore performance failure and test only the network functionality,
set `LTP_NET_FEATURES_IGNORE_PERFORMANCE_FAILURE=1` environment variable.
+## Dependencies
+
+Some network tests which use `tst_ping()` function require `ping` with `-I` support,
+which is not supported by `ping` from [inetutils](https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/).
+Use `ping` from [iputils](https://github.com/iputils/iputils/) or from [BusyBox](https://busybox.net/)
+(configured with `CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6=y` `CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_PING=y`).
+
## Debugging
Both single and two host configurations support debugging via
`TST_NET_RHOST_RUN_DEBUG=1` environment variable.
--
2.43.0
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2024-03-30 18:08 [LTP] [PATCH 1/2] tst_net.sh: tst_ping(): check for ping -I support Petr Vorel
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