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From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch v2] Eth driver optimization: Prefetch
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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 16:56:15 +0000
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On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 03:00:15PM +0000, Polehn, Mike A wrote:
> Adds Eth driver prefetch variable structure to CPU cache 0 while calling into tx or rx 
> device driver operation.
> 
> RFC 2544 test of NIC task test measurement points show improvement of lower 
> latency and/or better packet throughput indicating clock cycles saved.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike A. Polehn <mike.a.polehn@intel.com>

Hi Mike,

what test app would you recommend to see this perf improvement in testing? I
would like to see the perf impact in some tests myself.

Thanks,

/Bruce