[dpdk-dev] Memory Footprint in DPDK 2.2

[dpdk-dev] Memory Footprint in DPDK 2.2

[Sundar Ramakrishnan]

Hello All,
Has there been a change in the memory footprint change from dpdk 2.0 to dpdk 2.2. My app VM used to boot up ina 4GB environment with dpdk2.0 and now when I have upgraded to dpdk2.2, my app VM boots up with 8GB. Can anyone help me solve this mystery that I am unaware of ?
Thanks-sundar
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Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 08:07:47 -0800
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On Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:26:13 +0000
Remy Horton <remy.horton@intel.com> wrote:

> 
> On 04/03/2016 20:34, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > On Fri,  4 Mar 2016 15:25:24 +0000
> > Remy Horton <remy.horton@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Implements driver support for setting of MAC address.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Remy Horton <remy.horton@intel.com>
> [..]
> > The version I posted is simpler and reuses existing code paths.
> >
> 
> That version doesn't include a MAC address sanity check - is such a 
> check redundant (or incorrect) in this case?
> 
> ..Remy

That belongs in common code, not in each driver.