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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen-OTpzqLSitTUnbdJkjeBofR2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: overcommitting CPUs
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 09:38:37 -0700
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:27:14 +0000
"Michael  Marchetti" <mmarchetti-oWCY0zUL6IRWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> 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.
> 
> 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.