[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal/linuxapp: Add parameter to specify master lcore id

[Gray, Mark D]

> Hi all,
> 
> does anyone have interest in this functionality?

Yes, I think this is useful for DPDK vSwitch.
> 
> I think this is important and useful.
> Since we should care about core assignment to get high performance and the
> master lcore thread is special in DPDK, we will want to assign the master to
> the target core.
> For example, with hyperthreading I'd like to make a pair of packet processing
> threads into one physical core and separate the master thread which does
> some management.
> 
> thanks,
> Hiroshi
>