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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] overcommitting CPUs
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:27:14 +0000
"Michael  Marchetti" <mmarchetti@sandvine.com> wrote:

> Hi, has there been any consideration to introduce a non-spinning network driver (interrupt based), for the purpose of overcommitting CPUs in a virtualized environment?  This would obviously have reduced high-end performance but would allow for increased guest density (sharing of physical CPUs) on a host.
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> I am interested in adding support for this kind of operation, is there any interest in the community?
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> Thanks,
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> Mike.

Better to implement a NAPI like algorithm that adapts from poll to interrupt.