From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Jack Bond-Preston <jack.bond-preston@foss.arm.com>
Cc: "Andrew Rybchenko" <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>,
"Morten Brørup" <mb@smartsharesystems.com>,
dev@dpdk.org, "Wathsala Vithanage" <wathsala.vithanage@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: clarify mempool striding optimisation on Arm
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 19:25:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240716192541.282e4cd6@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240715144420.36292-1-jack.bond-preston@foss.arm.com>
On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 15:44:20 +0100
Jack Bond-Preston <jack.bond-preston@foss.arm.com> wrote:
> The mempool memory channel striding optimisation is not necessary on
> Arm platforms.
> Update the Programmer's Guide's mempool section to clarify this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jack Bond-Preston <jack.bond-preston@foss.arm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Wathsala Vithanage <wathsala.vithanage@arm.com>
> ---
The whole memory channels argument has been a problem from day 0 of DPDK.
There is no good way to find it from the OS, and it was never clear how much impact
it had anyway. It would simplify users experience if it was deprecated or at least
not required and rarely used.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-07-17 2:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-07-15 14:44 Jack Bond-Preston
2024-07-17 2:25 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2024-07-17 10:40 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-07-29 19:46 ` Thomas Monjalon
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