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.