[PATCH v2] net/ice: add NEON-optimised Rx/Tx vector paths

[Bruce Richardson]

On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 04:25:24PM +0000, Jay Wang wrote:
> This patch adds the NEON-optimised Rx and Tx paths to the ice driver.
> 
> Tested on Ampere One platform with Intel E810-C NIC and 100G connection.
> Tested with a single core and testpmd io forwarding mode. Observed
> ~30% performance boost in the above test compared to the default scalar
> path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jay Wang <jay.wang2 at arm.com>
> ---
>  .mailmap                                  |   1 +
>  drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.h        |   3 +
>  drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.c          |  53 +-
>  drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.h          |   6 +
>  drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx_vec_neon.c | 761 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/intel/ice/meson.build         |   2 +
>  6 files changed, 824 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx_vec_neon.c
> 
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net-intel

Thanks,
/Bruce