Tests: Introduce driver layer

+ Small bugfixes in various suites

Signed-off-by: Peter Mikus <pmikus@cisco.com>
Change-Id: I051af0a6da7340fe3f617400370c3846ca5241ab

24 files changed, 59 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-dot1q-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-dot1q-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
index e0aac6c7f7..7dd7d28014 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-dot1q-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-dot1q-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | avf_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | avf
 | ${overhead}= | ${4}
 | ${subid}= | 10
 | ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-1
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@
 | | And Add DPDK no PCI to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize AVF interfaces
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
 | | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding with VLAN dot1q sub-interfaces in circular topology
 | | ... | ${tg_if1_net} | ${tg_if2_net} | ${subid} | ${tag_rewrite}
 | | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
index 2d89cbe5f7..76222b6265 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | avf_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | avf
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 # Traffic profile:
 | ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip6-ip6src253
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@
 | | And Add DPDK no PCI to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize AVF interfaces
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
 | | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding in circular topology
 | | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
 
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrpdr.robot
index a6740d55f9..e1ca2c7efa 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | avf_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | avf
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 | ${rts_per_flow}= | ${100000}
 # Traffic profile:
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@
 | | And Add DPDK no PCI to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize AVF interfaces
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
 | | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding with scaling in circular topology
 | | ... | ${rts_per_flow}
 | | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrpdr.robot
index 17080b89ae..ae1a0f2343 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | avf_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | avf
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 | ${rts_per_flow}= | ${10000}
 # Traffic profile:
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@
 | | And Add DPDK no PCI to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize AVF interfaces
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
 | | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding with scaling in circular topology
 | | ... | ${rts_per_flow}
 | | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrpdr.robot
index 89403e7d85..194870335f 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | avf_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | avf
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 | ${rts_per_flow}= | ${1000000}
 # Traffic profile:
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@
 | | And Add DPDK no PCI to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize AVF interfaces
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
 | | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding with scaling in circular topology
 | | ... | ${rts_per_flow}
 | | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
index 9a00716688..5051df558d 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
 | ${overhead}= | ${4}
 | ${subid}= | 10
 | ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-1
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@
 | | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize IPv6 forwarding with VLAN dot1q sub-interfaces in circular topology
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding with VLAN dot1q sub-interfaces in circular topology
 | | ... | ${tg_if1_net} | ${tg_if2_net} | ${subid} | ${tag_rewrite}
 | | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
 
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-ndrpdr.robot
index b1d38f1345..9c5992b60a 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 # Traffic profile:
 | ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip6-ip6src253
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@
 | | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize IPv6 forwarding in circular topology
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding in circular topology
 | | And Add Fib Table | ${dut1} | 1 | ipv6=${TRUE}
 | | And Vpp Route Add | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | vrf=1 | local=${TRUE}
 | | And Add Fib Table | ${dut2} | 1 | ipv6=${TRUE}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-ndrpdr.robot
index 0a6239e799..40f41505de 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 # Traffic profile:
 | ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip6-ip6src253
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@
 | | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize IPv6 forwarding in circular topology
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding in circular topology
 | | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
 | | ... | ${dut1} | ip6 | dst | ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:0
 | | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
index d0b266e252..6af0d03179 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 # Traffic profile:
 | ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip6-ip6src253
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@
 | | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
 | | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding in circular topology
 | | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
 
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrpdr.robot
index 87187f04c7..d1d9fa14d9 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 | ${rts_per_flow}= | ${100000}
 # Traffic profile:
@@ -75,7 +76,8 @@
 | | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize IPv6 forwarding with scaling in circular topology
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding with scaling in circular topology
 | | ... | ${rts_per_flow}
 | | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
 
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrpdr.robot
index 51dbcba498..4fd6303dac 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 | ${rts_per_flow}= | ${10000}
 # Traffic profile:
@@ -75,7 +76,8 @@
 | | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize IPv6 forwarding with scaling in circular topology
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding with scaling in circular topology
 | | ... | ${rts_per_flow}
 | | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
 
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrpdr.robot
index a9311a0ba3..399f0c9f03 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 | ${rts_per_flow}= | ${1000000}
 # Traffic profile:
@@ -75,7 +76,8 @@
 | | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize IPv6 forwarding with scaling in circular topology
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding with scaling in circular topology
 | | ... | ${rts_per_flow}
 | | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
 
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-dot1q-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-dot1q-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
index de25b4d7a4..da2a09a5bf 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-dot1q-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-dot1q-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | avf_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | avf
 | ${overhead}= | ${4}
 | ${subid}= | 10
 | ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-1
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@
 | | And Add DPDK no PCI to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize AVF interfaces
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
 | | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding with VLAN dot1q sub-interfaces in circular topology
 | | ... | ${tg_if1_net} | ${tg_if2_net} | ${subid} | ${tag_rewrite}
 | | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
index f58161ff6b..a12066d1e0 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | avf_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | avf
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 # Traffic profile:
 | ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n-ethip6-ip6src253
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@
 | | And Add DPDK no PCI to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize AVF interfaces
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
 | | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding in circular topology
 | | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
 
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrpdr.robot
index 825271eb57..8739e3450d 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | avf_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | avf
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 | ${rts_per_flow}= | ${100000}
 # Traffic profile:
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@
 | | And Add DPDK no PCI to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize AVF interfaces
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
 | | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding with scaling in circular topology
 | | ... | ${rts_per_flow}
 | | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrpdr.robot
index 2714557750..d6ea0e7786 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | avf_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | avf
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 | ${rts_per_flow}= | ${10000}
 # Traffic profile:
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@
 | | And Add DPDK no PCI to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize AVF interfaces
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
 | | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding with scaling in circular topology
 | | ... | ${rts_per_flow}
 | | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrpdr.robot
index ed6c7c9572..5e63ee310f 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-avf-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | avf_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | avf
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 | ${rts_per_flow}= | ${1000000}
 # Traffic profile:
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@
 | | And Add DPDK no PCI to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize AVF interfaces
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
 | | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding with scaling in circular topology
 | | ... | ${rts_per_flow}
 | | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-dot1q-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-dot1q-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
index 82954843e2..37c67f15c6 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-dot1q-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-dot1q-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
 | ${overhead}= | ${4}
 | ${subid}= | 10
 | ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-1
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@
 | | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
 | | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
 | | When Initialize IPv6 forwarding with VLAN dot1q sub-interfaces in circular topology
 | | ... | ${tg_if1_net} | ${tg_if2_net} | ${subid} | ${tag_rewrite}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-ndrpdr.robot
index 818d435545..e3190e6785 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 # Traffic profile:
 | ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n-ethip6-ip6src253
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@
 | | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize IPv6 forwarding in circular topology
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding in circular topology
 | | And Add Fib Table | ${dut1} | 1 | ipv6=${TRUE}
 | | And Vpp Route Add | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | vrf=1 | local=${TRUE}
 | | And COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-ndrpdr.robot
index 8d9335e747..26e21c598d 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 # Traffic profile:
 | ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n-ethip6-ip6src253
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@
 | | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize IPv6 forwarding in circular topology
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding in circular topology
 | | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
 | | ... | ${dut1} | ip6 | dst | ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:0
 | | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
index 0670a3ccb3..65ac618511 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 # Traffic profile:
 | ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n-ethip6-ip6src253
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@
 | | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
 | | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding in circular topology
 | | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
 
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrpdr.robot
index aabcae6b12..ea574cb8ae 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 | ${rts_per_flow}= | ${100000}
 # Traffic profile:
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@
 | | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize IPv6 forwarding with scaling in circular topology
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding with scaling in circular topology
 | | ... | ${rts_per_flow}
 | | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
 
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrpdr.robot
index cddf74a079..be1d861594 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 | ${rts_per_flow}= | ${10000}
 # Traffic profile:
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@
 | | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize IPv6 forwarding with scaling in circular topology
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding with scaling in circular topology
 | | ... | ${rts_per_flow}
 | | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
 
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrpdr.robot
index cd1cf8808a..c7f288110c 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 | @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
 | ${osi_layer}= | L3
 | ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
 | ${overhead}= | ${0}
 | ${rts_per_flow}= | ${1000000}
 # Traffic profile:
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@
 | | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
 | | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize IPv6 forwarding with scaling in circular topology
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding with scaling in circular topology
 | | ... | ${rts_per_flow}
 | | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search