[v6,4/4] doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l3_forward_power_man.rst: empty poll update
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add empty poll mode command line example
Signed-off-by: Liang Ma <liang.j.ma@intel.com>
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doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l3_forward_power_man.rst | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
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@@ -362,3 +362,24 @@ The algorithm has the following sleeping behavior depending on the idle counter:
If a thread polls multiple Rx queues and different queue returns different sleep duration values,
the algorithm controls the sleep time in a conservative manner by sleeping for the least possible time
in order to avoid a potential performance impact.
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+Empty Poll Mode
+-------------------------
+There is a new Mode which is added recently. Empty poll mode can be enabled by
+command option --empty-poll.
+
+See "Power Management" chapter in the DPDK Programmer's Guide for empty poll mode details.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ ./l3fwd-power -l xxx -n 4 -w 0000:xx:00.0 -w 0000:xx:00.1 -- -p 0x3 -P --config="(0,0,xx),(1,0,xx)" --empty-poll -l 14 -m 9 -h 1
+
+Where,
+
+--empty-poll: Enable the empty poll mode instead of original algorithm
+
+-l : optional, set up the LOW power state frequency index
+
+-m : optional, set up the MED power state frequency index
+
+-h : optional, set up the HIGH power state frequency index