Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/dpdkoin: add new driver

2020-04-01 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 21:51:53 +0100 Kevin Traynor wrote: > On 01/04/2020 14:10, Matteo Croce wrote: > > DPDK polls the packet in a busy loop. This means that CPU constantly spins > > looking for packets, regardless of the network traffic. > > DPDK does this to reduce latency and avoid using interru

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/dpdkoin: add new driver

2020-04-01 Thread Kevin Traynor
On 01/04/2020 14:10, Matteo Croce wrote: > DPDK polls the packet in a busy loop. This means that CPU constantly spins > looking for packets, regardless of the network traffic. > DPDK does this to reduce latency and avoid using interrupts, at expense of > efficiency: this might consume more processi

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/dpdkoin: add new driver

2020-04-01 Thread Aaron Conole
Matteo Croce writes: > DPDK polls the packet in a busy loop. This means that CPU constantly spins > looking for packets, regardless of the network traffic. > DPDK does this to reduce latency and avoid using interrupts, at expense of > efficiency: this might consume more processing power and gener

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/dpdkoin: add new driver

2020-04-01 Thread Ferruh Yigit
On 4/1/2020 2:10 PM, Matteo Croce wrote: > DPDK polls the packet in a busy loop. This means that CPU constantly spins > looking for packets, regardless of the network traffic. > DPDK does this to reduce latency and avoid using interrupts, at expense of > efficiency: this might consume more processi

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/dpdkoin: add new driver

2020-04-01 Thread Matteo Croce
DPDK polls the packet in a busy loop. This means that CPU constantly spins looking for packets, regardless of the network traffic. DPDK does this to reduce latency and avoid using interrupts, at expense of efficiency: this might consume more processing power and generate more heat than needed, pote