Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7] net/i40e: add interface to use latest vec path

2018-09-18 Thread Zhang, Qi Z
> -Original Message- > From: Yigit, Ferruh > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 9:01 PM > To: Li, Xiaoyun ; Xing, Beilei ; > Zhang, Qi Z > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Yang, Zhiyong ; > tho...@monjalon.net; Richardson, Bruce > Subject: Re: [PATCH v7] net/i40e: add interface to use latest vec path >

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7] net/i40e: add interface to use latest vec path

2018-09-18 Thread Ferruh Yigit
On 9/18/2018 3:22 AM, Xiaoyun Li wrote: > For IA, the AVX2 vector path is only recommended to be used on later > platforms (identified by AVX512 support, like SKL etc.) This is because > performance benchmark shows downgrade when running AVX2 vector path on > early platform (BDW/HSW) in some cases.

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7] net/i40e: add interface to use latest vec path

2018-09-17 Thread Xiaoyun Li
For IA, the AVX2 vector path is only recommended to be used on later platforms (identified by AVX512 support, like SKL etc.) This is because performance benchmark shows downgrade when running AVX2 vector path on early platform (BDW/HSW) in some cases. But we still observe perf gain with some real w