[PATCH v2 1/1] app/testpmd: add command line argument 'nic-to-pmd-rx-metadata'

[Singh, Aman Deep]

On 8/2/2022 11:21 PM, Hanumanth Pothula wrote:
> Presently, rx metadata is sent to PMD by default, leading
> to a performance drop as processing for the same in rx path
> takes extra cycles.
>
> Hence, introducing command line argument, 'nic-to-pmd-rx-metadata'
> to control passing rx metadata to PMD. By default it’s disabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hanumanth Pothula <hpothula at marvell.com>

Acked-by: Aman Singh <aman.deep.singh at intel.com>

> v2:
> - taken cared alignment issues
> - renamed command line argument from rx-metadata to nic-to-pmd-rx-metadata
> - renamed variable name from rx-metadata to nic_to_pmd_rx_metadata
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>