[PATCH 2/2] app/testpmd: add testpmd based sleeping

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 12:09:04 +0100
"Anthony Harivel" <aharivel at redhat.com> wrote:

> Ferruh Yigit, Mar 16, 2023 at 18:05:
> > Hi Anthony,
> >
> > What is the motivation here?  
> 
> Hi Ferruh,
> 
> AFAIK testpmd is the reference tool used for CI and tests whether it is
> for functional or performance tests and I think it would be in
> everyone's interest to consume less CPU during them. Moreover, all
> patches coming to the ML are going through validation tests and this
> could reduce the maintenance cost of the project.

But it introduces another variable, and the performance would vary based on
sleeping and HW interaction. I think testpmd should just run with 100% CPU,
and leave the heuristics stuff to some of the example applications.