On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:27:51 +0530, Jerin Jacob <jerin.ja...@caviumnetworks.com> wrote: > There is no need for initializing the complete > packet buffer with zero as the packet data area will be > overwritten by the NIC Rx HW anyway. > > The testpmd configures the packet mempool > with around 180k buffers with > 2176B size. In existing scheme, the init routine > needs to memset around ~370MB vs the proposed scheme > requires only around ~22MB on 128B cache aligned system. > > Useful in running DPDK in HW simulators/emulators, > where millions of cycles have an impact on boot time. > > Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerin.ja...@caviumnetworks.com>
Acked-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.m...@6wind.com>
