netperf: since alarm() support added no special patch is needed

  1. Netperf patch removed from repository
  2. Documentation updated

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Fleytman <dmitry@daynix.com>
Signed-off-by: Nadav Har'El <nyh@cloudius-systems.com>

tools/netperf/netperf.txt

-To measure netwroking throughput we use netperf-2.6.0,
+To measure networking throughput we use netperf-2.6.0,
 
-The netperf client isn't working in OS-v, only netserver,
-and only after applying a small patch to the source.
-
-Additional limitation is inability of netserver to track test execution time
-on OS-v, when using TCP_MAERTS mode limit test duration by number of bytes transferred
-and not by time.
+The netperf client isn't working in OS-v, only netserver.
 
 How to compile netperf from source so it'll run on osv:
 
@@ -17,14 +12,11 @@ $ ./configure
 $ make
 $ sudo make install
 
-3. apply the osv patch to netperf
-$ patch -p1 < osv.patch
-
-4. build again
+3. build again
 $ make clean
 $ make CFLAGS="-fPIC -shared"
 
-5. copy src/netserver and use it in OS-v.
+4. copy src/netserver and use it in OS-v.
 
 
 

tools/netperf/osv.patch

-diff --git a/src/netlib.c b/src/netlib.c
-index 206e002..8433d59 100644
---- a/src/netlib.c
-+++ b/src/netlib.c
-@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ void
- stop_timer()
- {
- #ifndef WIN32
--  alarm(0);
-+  //alarm(0);
- #else
-   /* at some point we may need some win32 equivalent */
-   if (hAlarm != (HANDLE) INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-@@ -1095,6 +1095,7 @@ void
- start_timer(int time)
- {
- 
-+    return;
- #ifdef WIN32
-   /*+*+SAF What if StartTimer is called twice without the first timer */
-   /*+*+SAF expiring? */