https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186
Bug ID: 186 Summary: Huge testpmd startup time without --legacy-mem option Product: DPDK Version: 18.05 Hardware: All OS: All Status: CONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: Normal Component: core Assignee: dev@dpdk.org Reporter: maxime.coque...@redhat.com Target Milestone: --- Doing PVP testing, we noticed that testpmd startup time is noticeably increased when not passing --legacy-mem option. With 1G hugepages and below command lines, we measure ~2 seconds with --legacy-mem option, and 13 seconds without: testpmd -c 7 -n 4 --socket-mem 2048 0 -w 0000:00:02.0 --legacy-mem -- --burst 64 -i --rxq=2 --txq=2 --rxd=4096 --txd=1024 --coremask=6 --auto-start --port-topology=chained --forward-mode=macswap testpmd -c 7 -n 4 --socket-mem 2048 0 -w 0000:00:02.0 -- --burst 64 -i --rxq=2 --txq=2 --rxd=4096 --txd=1024 --coremask=6 --auto-start --port-topology=chained --forward-mode=macswap -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.