BVI Interface

a new dedicated BVI interface as opposed to [re]using a loopback.

benefits:
 - removes ambiguity over the purpose of a loopback interface
 - TX node dedicated to BVI only functions.

Change-Id: I749d6b38440d450ac5b909a28053c75ec9df946a
Signed-off-by: Neale Ranns <nranns@cisco.com>

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/vpp_bvi_interface.py b/test/vpp_bvi_interface.py
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+from vpp_object import VppObject
+from vpp_interface import VppInterface
+
+
+class VppBviInterface(VppInterface, VppObject):
+    """VPP bvi interface."""
+
+    def __init__(self, test):
+        """ Create VPP BVI interface """
+        super(VppBviInterface, self).__init__(test)
+        self.add_vpp_config()
+
+    def add_vpp_config(self):
+        r = self.test.vapi.bvi_create(user_instance=0xffffffff,
+                                      mac="00:00:00:00:00:00")
+        self.set_sw_if_index(r.sw_if_index)
+
+    def remove_vpp_config(self):
+        self.test.vapi.bvi_delete(sw_if_index=self.sw_if_index)
+
+    def object_id(self):
+        return "bvi-%d" % self._sw_if_index