On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:02:59 +0100 Sabrina Dubroca wrote: > 2026-03-23, 14:42:00 +0000, Cosmin Ratiu wrote: > > On Mon, 2026-03-23 at 15:28 +0100, Sabrina Dubroca wrote: > > > Why not? Being able to test without accessing real HW is still > > > useful. > > > > > The tests now send macsec traffic over VLANs and nsim, it's just that > > nsim doesn't deal with VLAN filters at all and there are no stubbed > > vlan filters in debugfs, since real hw doesn't have that interface. > > Since netdevsim doesn't deal with VLAN filters at all, the "tests > should be written so that they can run both against ``netdevsim`` and > a real device" bit of the docs doesn't fully apply here? > > Anyway, I think the original tests had value, even if they're more > limited in some ways than traffic tests. HW/driver behavior could be > hiding problems in the stack with VLAN propagation, those simpler > tests don't have that risk.
To be clear running the HW test without NETIF= should provide similar functionality to what the old tests could do. It's entirely okay to add netdevsim-specific subtests/test cases or asserts. Is there anything specific that you'd like to be tested? Let's not make this about HW tests vs nsim-only tests.
