Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 2/4] examples/l3fwd-power: simple app update for new API

["Hunt, David" <david.hunt@intel.com>]

On 2/10/2018 2:48 PM, Liang Ma wrote:
> Add the support for new traffic pattern aware power control
> power management API.
>
> Example:
> ./l3fwd-power -l xxx   -n 4   -w 0000:xx:00.0 -w 0000:xx:00.1 -- -p 0x3
> -P --config="(0,0,xx),(1,0,xx)" --empty-poll="0,0,0" -l 14 -m 9 -h 1
>
> Please Reference l3fwd-power document for full parameter usage
>
> The option "l", "m", "h" are used to set the power index for
> LOW, MED, HIGH power state. Only is useful after enable empty-poll
>
> --empty-poll="training_flag, med_threshold, high_threshold"
>
> The option training_flag is used to enable/disable training mode.
>
> The option med_threshold is used to indicate the empty poll threshold
> of modest state which is customized by user.
>
> The option high_threshold is used to indicate the empty poll threshold
> of busy state which is customized by user.
>
> Above three option default value is all 0.
>
> Once enable empty-poll. System will apply the default parameter if no
> other command line options are provided.
>
> If training mode is enabled, the user should ensure that no traffic
> is allowed to pass through the system. When training phase complete,
> the application transfer to normal operation
>
> System will start running with the modest power mode.
> If the traffic goes above 70%, then system will move to High power state.
> If the traffic drops below 30%, the system will fallback to the modest
> power state.
>
> Example code use master thread to monitoring worker thread busyness.
> The default timer resolution is 10ms.
>
> ChangeLog:
> v2 fix some coding style issues
> v3 rename the API.
> v6 re-work the API.
> v7 no change.
> v8 disable training as default option.
> v10 update due to review comments.
>
> Signed-off-by: Liang Ma <liang.j.ma@intel.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Lei Yao <lei.a.yao@intel.com>
> ---

Acked-by: David Hunt <david.hunt@intel.com>