On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:27:14 +0000 "Michael Marchetti" <mmarchetti at sandvine.com> wrote:
> Hi, has there been any consideration to introduce a non-spinning network > driver (interrupt based), for the purpose of overcommitting CPUs in a > virtualized environment? This would obviously have reduced high-end > performance but would allow for increased guest density (sharing of physical > CPUs) on a host. > > I am interested in adding support for this kind of operation, is there any > interest in the community? > > Thanks, > > Mike. Better to implement a NAPI like algorithm that adapts from poll to interrupt.
