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From: "Gray, Mark D" <mark.d.gray@intel.com>
To: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>, Simon Kuenzer
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal/linuxapp: Add parameter to specify
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> Hi all,
>=20
> does anyone have interest in this functionality?

Yes, I think this is useful for DPDK vSwitch.
>=20
> I think this is important and useful.
> Since we should care about core assignment to get high performance and th=
e
> master lcore thread is special in DPDK, we will want to assign the master=
 to
> the target core.
> For example, with hyperthreading I'd like to make a pair of packet proces=
sing
> threads into one physical core and separate the master thread which does
> some management.
>=20
> thanks,
> Hiroshi
>=20