You can also use the command-line arg "... dpdk { ... poll-sleep <delay-in-us> ... } ..." to reduce CPU utilization at low vector rates.
Thanks… Dave -----Original Message----- From: vpp-dev-boun...@lists.fd.io [mailto:vpp-dev-boun...@lists.fd.io] On Behalf Of Damjan Marion (damarion) Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2017 7:50 AM To: Burt Silverman <bur...@gmail.com> Cc: vpp-dev <vpp-dev@lists.fd.io> Subject: Re: [vpp-dev] DPDK PMD > On 27 Jun 2017, at 20:07, Burt Silverman <bur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I came across the idea of running DPDK in non poll mode for low power/albeit > lower performance, but I don't remember where. I am just wondering if anyone > in VPP has done that, and if you have an easy way to configure that when > running VPP. Thanks. I have some preliminary code which allows DPDK drivers to work in interrupt mode. Unfortunately I hit some issues with interrupt support in DPDK so I’m not sure of that stuff is ready for prime time. _______________________________________________ vpp-dev mailing list vpp-dev@lists.fd.io https://lists.fd.io/mailman/listinfo/vpp-dev _______________________________________________ vpp-dev mailing list vpp-dev@lists.fd.io https://lists.fd.io/mailman/listinfo/vpp-dev