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    "date": "2020-05-28T09:13:48",
    "name": "[0/3] Add interrupt-only mode to l3fwd-power",
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        "From": "Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>",
        "To": "dev@dpdk.org",
        "Cc": "david.hunt@intel.com,\n\tliang.j.ma@intel.com,\n\treshma.pattan@intel.com",
        "Date": "Thu, 28 May 2020 10:13:48 +0100",
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        "Subject": "[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] Add interrupt-only mode to l3fwd-power",
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    "content": "Since 20.05, l3fwd-power has become much more stringent about\nwhether it allows initialization without initializing the\nlibrte_power library with it. This means that while previously\nthe app could have been used to test RX interrupts functionality\neven if the app itself was in a half-working state, it is now\nno longer possible to do so.\n\nTo address this use case, we're adding an interrupt-only mode\nthat does not rely on librte_power or telemetry. This enables\nusing l3fwd-power in environments where librte_power is not\nexpected to work (such as inside a VM or on non-IA\narchitectures). The RX/TX path is basically copy paste from\nlegacy RX/TX path but with librte_power bits taken out.\n\nThere seem to be two opposing schools of thought on whether we\nshould have more or less examples. This patchset goes in the\n\"less\" direction where we add a new mode to an existing app,\nrather than creating a new one like it could be argued it\ndeserves.\n\nAnatoly Burakov (3):\n  l3fwd-power: disable interrupts by default\n  l3fwd-power: only allow supported power library envs\n  l3fwd-power: add interrupt-only mode\n\n examples/l3fwd-power/main.c | 234 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---\n 1 file changed, 217 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)"
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