Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests/tc-testing: require an up to date iproute2 for blockcast tests

[Pedro Tammela]

On 01/03/2024 09:24, Naresh Kamboju wrote:
> Hi Pedro,
>
> On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 at 20:08, Pedro Tammela <pctammela@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Add the dependsOn test check for all the mirred blockcast tests.
> > It will prevent the issue reported by LKFT which happens when an older
> > iproute2 is used to run the current tdc.
>
> Thank you for the fix patch.
> LKFT tests run on Debian rootfs, Please suggest the packages that are needed
> for tc-testing.

I believe testing on net-next should also use (iproute2 + iproute2-next)[0].
For stable the same rule would apply linux-x.y uses the released 
iproute2-x.y.

It's my understanding that some distros ship a slightly older iproute2.
So in order to match the versions you would need to compile it.

> > Tests are skipped if the dependsOn check fails.
>
> - Naresh


[0]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2-next.git